Wyoming alimony calculator

Wyoming spousal support amount

Wyoming courts decide spousal support from need and ability to pay, not a statewide percentage formula.

Wyoming Statute §20-2-114 authorizes a court to award reasonable alimony and directs the court to have regard for the other spouse’s ability to pay. [1] The Wyoming Judicial Branch says the main entitlement considerations are the payor’s ability to pay and the necessity of support to the other spouse. [2]

The statute and court guidance do not convert those considerations into one statewide dollar formula. This calculator therefore uses a monthly payment selected by the visitor for household-budget arithmetic.

Wyoming spousal support types

Wyoming court guidance describes transitional, compensatory, and spousal maintenance support.

The Wyoming Judicial Branch describes transitional support as help with education or training for re-entry into the job market, compensatory support as repayment for a major contribution to the other spouse’s education, career, or earning ability, and spousal maintenance as support aimed at maintaining a standard of living similar to the marriage. [2]

The court guidance says spousal maintenance can be ordered for a specific period or can be permanent. Wyoming does not provide a statewide marriage-length duration table for this calculator to apply.

Wyoming need, ability, and property division

Financial need and ability to pay must be evaluated together with the rest of the divorce finances.

In Bloedow v. Maes-Bloedow, the Wyoming Supreme Court reiterated that an alimony award requires evaluation of the parties’ financial needs and that the court must consider the payor’s ability to pay and the recipient’s need for support. [3] The decision also shows that property distribution and alimony can interact rather than being treated as isolated calculations.

This worksheet does not evaluate property division, earning-capacity evidence, child-related financial effects, or whether a particular spouse legally needs support.

Wyoming modification and termination

A Wyoming spousal support order can be revised, and decree language matters.

Section 20-2-116 gives the court continuing authority, on petition, to revise the amount or payment of alimony. [1] Wyoming court guidance says a party seeking modification must show a material and substantial change in circumstances. [2]

The Judicial Branch also explains ordinary death and remarriage termination rules while recognizing that the divorce decree can contain different terms. Because decree language and case history can control the result, this calculator does not automatically decide whether an existing obligation has ended.

Wyoming temporary support

Temporary alimony during a divorce is a separate statutory issue.

Section 20-2-111 authorizes support during the pendency of a divorce action. [1] This Wyoming calculator is limited to post-divorce planning and does not substitute the visitor-selected payment scenario for a temporary-support determination.