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Why Alimony Regulations Matter
Alimony, often referred to as spousal support, plays a critical role in the financial arrangements accompanying divorce agreements. It is primarily designed to provide financial support to a lower-earning or non-earning spouse. Monitoring federal regulations regarding alimony is crucial for legal professionals, family law practitioners, and divorce financial planners who need to stay current to avoid legal penalties and offer strategic advice.
Key Reasons to Monitor Alimony Regulations
- Ensure Compliance: Legal professionals must remain compliant with changing alimony taxation laws, which can impact settlement agreements.
- Strategic Planning: Family law practitioners require real-time updates on new rules as these can affect case strategies and client advisories.
- Open Comment Periods: Monitoring allows interested parties to participate in the public commenting periods for proposed rule changes, which can influence future regulations.
Relevant Industries
- Family Law Practices: Understanding the nuances of alimony laws ensures lawyers can better represent their clients.
- Financial Advisory Firms: Alterations in alimony-based income tax treatments impact financial planning for both payers and recipients.
Recent Trends & Regulatory Impacts
The shift in U.S. federal tax reforms has altered how alimony payments are treated for taxation purposes. Such changes require immediate adaptation by financial advisors and attorneys to ensure compliance and re-evaluation of existing agreements. Staying informed on these shifts is imperative to maintaining both individual and client financial health and legal standing.
How AI-Powered Monitoring Helps
Using cutting-edge AI-powered tools like FedMonitor ensures you and your organization are first in line to receive critical regulatory updates. Some of the distinct benefits include:
- Relevance: AI algorithms filter through volumes of data to deliver only the most pertinent documents and updates about alimony regulations.
- Timeliness: Be the first to respond to new advisories and comply proactively with new rules.
- Integration & Notification: Receive notifications through integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, or directly via email or SMS. Speed and accuracy in receiving this information are vital in maintaining compliance and strategic advantage.
By choosing a comprehensive monitoring service, you ensure your firm not only keeps pace with regulatory requirements but also leads in strategic advisories to your clients. Visit our FAQs for more information on how to get started, or simply sign up today to protect yourself and your clients from the repercussions of non-compliance with alimony laws. Contact us for a personalized consultation on optimizing your monitoring process with FedMonitor.
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) adopts as final, without changes, a proposed rule concerning the methodology used to calculate earnings and losses in connection with court-ordered payments to spouses, former spouses, children,...
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Rule | Mar 24, 2025 |
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) proposes to change its regulations regarding the methodology used to calculate earnings and losses in connection with court-ordered payments to spouses, former spouses, children, or dependents (i...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 26, 2024 |
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This direct final rule removes the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP)'s restriction on a participant's ability to request more than one withdrawal within a thirty-calendar-day period.
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Rule | Mar 14, 2024 |
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This direct final rule makes technical conforming revisions necessary to implement statutory amendments made by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022. Specifically, it eliminates the requirement to take mandatory Roth distributions.
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Rule | Oct 31, 2023 |
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is amending the rules for processing garnishment orders for child support and/or alimony ("support regulations") and the rules for processing commercial garnishment orders. This rule amends both the support re...
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Rule | May 19, 2023 |
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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is finalizing amendments to reflect the provisions enacted under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ("2012 Act") and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 ("2013 Act"). These Acts decrea...
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Rule | May 17, 2023 |
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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing this rule to amend the CFR for purposes of ensuring these regulations reflect the provisions enacted under the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ("2012 Act") and the Bipart...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 16, 2022 |
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is amending its regulations to reflect new processes and terminology associated with the Thrift Savings Plan's upcoming transition to a new recordkeeping system.
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Rule | May 24, 2022 |
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is proposing to update its regulations to reflect new processes and terminology associated with the Thrift Savings Plan's upcoming transition to a new record keeping system.
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Proposed Rule | Mar 01, 2022 |
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this final rule to implement the provisions of the "Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans' Pensions Act." This Act provides authority for agencies and OPM to pay, at their discretion, interest on c...
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Rule | Apr 20, 2021 |
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is amending its regulations to remove certain restrictions with respect to the election of installment payments calculated based on life expectancy.
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Rule | Nov 30, 2020 |
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing this proposed rule to implement the provisions of the "Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans' Pensions Act." This Act provides authority for agencies and OPM to pay, at their discretion, interest o...
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Proposed Rule | Nov 05, 2020 |
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With this final rule, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board ("FRTIB") is withdrawing its temporary waiver of the requirement to notarize a spouse's signature on withdrawal election forms.
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Rule | Sep 21, 2020 |
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board ("FRTIB") is amending its regulations to increase the automatic enrollment percentage from 3 percent to 5 percent of basic pay for all participants who are automatically enrolled in the Thrift Savings Pl...
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Rule | Sep 16, 2020 |
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We are issuing this interim final rule with request for comments to revise our regulations on how we waive the recovery of certain overpayment debts. We will apply this interim final rule when an affected beneficiary requests waiver of certain overpa...
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Rule | Aug 27, 2020 |
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is amending its regulations to make a non-substantive change to the constructed share price formula for a retired Lifecycle (L) Fund. The FRTIB uses a constructed share price to make error correc...
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Rule | Jul 07, 2020 |
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In light of emergency stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders issued all over the country, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is temporarily waiving the requirement to notarize a spouse's signature on withdrawal election forms.
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Rule | Apr 17, 2020 |
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to implement statutory provisions that guide the way in which OPM must compute annuities of certain career civilian United States Senate Restaurants employees of the Architect of the Ca...
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Rule | Apr 14, 2020 |
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is amending its regulations to change the cost-of-living adjustment rate used to calculate the annual increase for annuities with an increasing payment option and to clarify its requirements rega...
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Rule | Mar 03, 2020 |
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) is proposing to amend its regulations to increase the automatic enrollment percentage from 3 percent to 5 percent of basic pay for all participants who are automatically enrolled in the Thrift Sa...
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Proposed Rule | Feb 18, 2020 |