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Nevada Alimony Factors 2026

Nevada courts award alimony that is just and equitable after weighing eleven statutory factors. There is no fixed percentage and no formula for how long it lasts.

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alimony factors

No statewide dollar formula

No invented award amount

No responsible dollar estimate is available

NV sets alimony by judicial discretion; there is no statutory formula. Courts weigh the enumerated factors below.

Factors the court weighs instead

  1. 1Financial condition of each spouse
  2. 2Nature and value of each spouse’s property
  3. 3Each spouse’s contribution to property held under NRS 123.030
  4. 4Duration of the marriage
  5. 5Income, earning capacity, age, and health of each spouse
  6. 6Standard of living during the marriage
  7. 7Career before marriage of the spouse who would receive alimony
  8. 8Specialized education, training, or marketable skills attained by each spouse during marriage
  9. 9Contribution of either spouse as homemaker
  10. 10Property awarded in the divorce to the spouse who would receive alimony, other than child support and alimony
  11. 11Physical and mental condition of each party as it affects finances, health, and ability to work

NRS 125.150(9)(a)-(k)

Duration limits

  • Training alimony: The court must consider alimony for job-related training or education, and an order granting it must set the time by which the training or education must start.
  • Default termination: Specified periodic payments end on the death of either party or the remarriage of the recipient, unless the court ordered otherwise.
  • Modification: Unaccrued periodic payments under a decree entered on or after July 1, 1975 may be modified on changed circumstances; accrued payments may not. A 20 percent change in the payer’s gross monthly income requires a review.

NRS 125.150(6), (8), (10), (11), and (12)

Assumptions

  • This tool does not estimate a dollar amount for discretionary states: any number would be invented.
  • Nevada authorizes an amount that appears just and equitable. The statute lists factors but no mathematical amount or duration formula.

Estimate only. The court or state agency calculation controls.

Nevada alimony under NRS 125.150(9).

Nevada has no statutory amount formula

Under NRS 125.150(1), a divorce court may award alimony to either spouse, as a lump sum or as periodic payments, in whatever amount appears just and equitable. The statute sets no percentage and no time limit.

Subsection 9 lists eleven factors the court must consider, and the court may weigh any other factor it finds relevant. They cover each spouse’s finances and property, contributions to property the spouses hold together, marriage length, income, earning capacity, age and health, the marital standard of living, the recipient’s career before marriage, education and job skills gained during the marriage, homemaking, the property award, and physical and mental condition.

The court must also consider whether a spouse needs alimony to get training or education for a job, career, or profession. For that decision it asks whether the paying spouse gained more job skills or education during the marriage, and whether the other spouse supported the family while that happened. A training order must set a date by which the training has to start.

Periodic alimony ends when either spouse dies or the recipient remarries, unless the court ordered otherwise. Payments that have not come due can be changed when circumstances change. Payments that are already due cannot.

Statute
NRS 125.150source
Express factors
Eleven, NRS 125.150(9)source
Amount formula
Nonesource
Training alimony
Court must consider it, NRS 125.150(10)source
Ends
Death of either spouse or the recipient’s remarriage, unless ordered otherwisesource
Review trigger
A 20% change in the payer’s gross monthly incomesource

Prepare evidence for the factor record

Collect income records, monthly budgets, property values, work and education history, health evidence, marital lifestyle records, and proof of homemaking contributions.

If job training is part of the request, bring a concrete plan: the program, its cost, and when it would start. Besides other alimony, the court can grant money for skills testing, career counseling, job searches, and tuition, books, and fees.

This page shows no dollar amount because Nevada law has no formula to produce one. A private online percentage is not Nevada statutory law.

What this estimate includes

  • All eleven factor categories
  • Training alimony rules
  • Temporary support, modification, and termination rules
  • Official statute sources

What it leaves out

  • Dollar prediction
  • Duration promise
  • Legal or tax advice

Nevada alimony factors FAQs

Does Nevada have an alimony formula?

No. NRS 125.150 lets the court award what appears just and equitable after weighing the statutory factors. It has no percentage, no dollar table, and no duration formula.

Can either spouse receive alimony?

Yes. The court may award alimony to either spouse, as a specified lump sum or as specified periodic payments.

Can I get temporary alimony while the divorce is pending?

Yes. Under NRS 125.040, either spouse can ask the court to order the other to pay temporary maintenance while the case is open. The court can also order money so a spouse can bring or defend the case. It makes these orders only after considering both spouses’ finances.

Does the court have to consider job training?

Yes. In every divorce the court must consider whether a spouse needs alimony to get training or education for a job, career, or profession. The paying spouse can later ask to modify a training order if circumstances change.

When does alimony end in Nevada?

Periodic payments end when either spouse dies or the recipient remarries, unless the court ordered otherwise. A separate maintenance order, granted without a divorce, cannot last beyond the spouses’ joint lives.

Can Nevada alimony be modified?

Periodic payments that have not come due can be modified on a showing of changed circumstances, for decrees entered on or after July 1, 1975, even if the decree did not reserve that power. Payments already due cannot be changed. The court must consider whether the payer’s income, as shown on the prior year’s federal tax return, has dropped so far that the payer cannot afford the award.

Does a 20 percent income change matter?

Yes. A change of 20 percent or more in the paying spouse’s gross monthly income counts as changed circumstances and requires a review of the alimony. Gross monthly income means income from any source before personal income taxes and retirement contributions. A self-employed person may first subtract legitimate business expenses.

What happens if alimony is not paid?

The court can enter a judgment for the unpaid amount plus costs and a reasonable attorney’s fee, and the judgment can be collected like any other money judgment. Knowingly failing to pay court-ordered spousal support is a crime, and it becomes a felony once unpaid child or spousal support reaches $10,000, or $5,000 for a repeat offense.

Is alimony taxable?

For federal taxes, alimony paid under a divorce or separation agreement signed after 2018 is not deductible by the payer and is not income to the recipient, according to IRS Topic 452.

Can I get support without a divorce?

Yes. A spouse who has grounds for divorce, or who has been deserted for 90 days, can sue for permanent support without filing for divorce (NRS 125.190). Those orders end when either spouse dies, and the court can change them from time to time.

Good to know in Nevada

  • In a divorce the court may also set apart part of either spouse’s separate property to support the other spouse (NRS 125.150(5)).
  • A valid premarital agreement under NRS Chapter 123A controls over these alimony rules.
  • When setting alimony, the court may not attach or divide a veteran’s federal disability benefits for a service-connected disability (NRS 125.165).
  • The state child support program can withhold spousal support from pay only when it also collects child support for a child of that spouse (NRS 31A.110).

Official sources

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