Misconduct by one party may affect that party's right to alimony, even if such was not the ground for divorce. No alimony is awarded to a spouse who has been proven to have committed adultery.
Alimony ceases upon the remarriage of the spouse receiving it.
While periodic alimony ceases at the death of the payor, a lump sum award of alimony can be collected from the decedent's estate. Alimony may be modified no sooner than two-years after the award is made if there is a change in the financial status of either party. A modification may also be made with no time limit imposed, by a showing that the one receiving alimony is cohabiting with a third party in a meretricious relationship. This 1979 amendment to the law also permitted alimony to be awarded to either party, eliminated a husband's liability for the necessaries of the wife, and made both parents jointly and severally liable for support of the children. It further abolished the causes of action for alienation of affection and criminal conversation.