When the parents of a child divorce, the child often goes with the mother. It is not really child support as that is a whole other case. If the mother's life style was significantly better financially while married than while single, the father has to pay her some amount of money in order to make up for it. That is, if the divorce was caused by the father. This may not be completely right as this is based off of my memory from my business law class in the 12th grade.

Noun
A husband's or wife's court-ordered provision for a spouse after separation or divorce.
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