Most husbands pay child support, alimony and spousal maintenance. Child support is a set amount paid by one parent to the other every month for children under 18 years of age or full-time students over 19 years old who are living with that parent. Alimony is money paid by one spouse to another after divorce in order to help them adjust financially. Spousal maintenance refers to payments made directly from one spouse’s income towards expenses related to their marriage such as mortgage, rent, utilities and groceries.