Temporary Alimony in a Bucks County Divorce

Support in a Bucks County divorce is always important.  Alimony Pendente Lite, also known as APL, is a temporary court order AFTER the complaint for divorce  is filed but before the divorce is final  to provide financial assistance. It is a Latin term which means “while the action is pending”.  If a spouse was receiving spousal support, it ends once the divorce complaint is filed.  The same guidelines to determine financial assistance used in spousal support apply to alimony pendente lite.  APL terminates with the finalizing of the divorce or if there is an equitable distribution of the assets/estate of the spouses. Title 23 of the Consolidated Pennsylvania Statutes allows for spousal support payments when the circumstances warrant them.