Can a parent receive both alimony and child support?
The answer to that is yes, but again here is the case many things are taken into consideration when the courts are deciding on those issues. A parent can not just go in and basically say they want both child support and alimony with the divorce process, the things that are looked at here are, length of marriage, how long was a spouse out of work, did they quit work or school to be a stay at home mom, how old are both of the spouses and child or children etc...there are many more factors that are looked at in the divorce process for alimony and also the income of the spouse that will be paying both. One parent is never put in a financial burden, so remember things may be a lower amount even if you are receiving both. Also the spouse that is receiving the alimony after the divorce and child support will have to show either returning to the work force or school, to make a better income in the work force. One of my main thoughts is that it is nice when parents can work together, and come up with something that does work for them, the divorce courts will allow parents to come up with an agreement for both child support and alimony in most cases, if it is fair, and both are happy with it.
Divorce is never easy and fighting over things such as child support and alimony can get very stressful, in some cases using a divorce moderator is very important here and also I still think counseling for all of the family is important, children have a different way of processing information and sometimes can think parents fighting and a divorce is due to them....so one of the things I do stress to parents in a divorce is get everyone some counseling or someone to talk to, it will help everyone move on. And even if you do not want to, working together with your spouse on issues in your divorce pertaining to child support and alimony is a lot less stressful then fighting.
Remember also if you have any questions please feel free to ask, that's one of the many reasons we are here!