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Definition Alimony Trust - a trust fund used to pay alimony.
Application in Divorce An alimony trust is a rarely used and very expensive way to pay alimony that involves complex gift and income tax analyses.

The establishment of a trust makes this course very expensive.

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  1. Alimony Payments Upon the Death of the Payor
    Many times an alimony trust will be put in place in conjunction with other trusts and estate planning tacitcs to ensure that alimony payments are made if the payor pre-deceases the payee. Another approach to payments after death would be to take out a life insurance policy with the payee as the beneficiary.
    Contributed on 4/6/2007 by: DivorceDex.com Staff
    Category: Estate Planning   (Applicable in All States)
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Distributions in High Net Worth Divorces.
Dividing marital assets in divorce often requires the expertise of accountants. Among the primary issues that need to be resolved are the establishment of the nature and extent of marital property, the valuation of assets and liabilities, and the drawing up of an agreement on how the division should be executed.
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