The court has power to make orders for a spouse including: • Periodical payments (maintenance or alimony) • Secured provision (maintenance that is charged against an asset) • Lump sum (a cash payment) • Transfer of property (where one legal ownership of an asset is taken away from one spouse and transferred to the other) • (except upon decree of judicial separation) a pension  attachment and a pension sharing order (see Pensions). Agreed child maintenance orders, school fees orders and/or top up orders where there is a maximum Child Maintenance Service assessment. See our Child Maintenance or child support page for more information.