Enter income, expenses, and an alimony payment.

Compare how the monthly alimony payment you enter changes each household budget.

Applies to income only. Expenses and the proposed payment are monthly.

Household paying alimony

Household receiving alimony

Choose your own figure. Do not include it in either expense total above.

This is a proposed-payment worksheet, not an Iowa alimony-award formula.

Your scenario

See both household budgets after the alimony payment.

Enter a payment you choose. See what each household would have left after the expenses you entered.

  • Before-and-after household budgets
  • Shortfalls clearly identified
  • Up to three comparisons in this page

A budget scenario is not an Iowa award estimate or a recommendation.

Figures stay in this page. No account required.Budget arithmetic only. Not legal advice.