Georgia Alimony Calculator

Yes. Unlike Florida (which abolished permanent alimony in 2023), Georgia still allows courts to award periodic alimony for an indefinite duration in appropriate cases — typically long marriages where one spouse has limited earning capacity and significant need.

Yes, significantly. Under O.C.G.A. §19-6-1(b), a party who committed adultery or willful desertion that caused the separation cannot receive alimony. This is one of the few absolute bars in Georgia divorce law — if adultery is proven, the court has no discretion to award support to that spouse.

Georgia courts weigh: the standard of living established during the marriage, the duration of the marriage, the age and physical/emotional condition of both parties, the financial resources of each party, the time needed for the recipient to acquire education or training, contributions to the marriage (including homemaking), and the condition of the parties including their separate estate and earning capacity.

Either party may petition to modify periodic alimony upon a change in either party's income or financial status. However, if alimony was set by an agreement incorporated into the decree rather than a court order, it may only be modifiable if the agreement expressly allows it.