North Carolina Court Of Appeals
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Appeals court rules for first time that Social Security benefits can be included in alimony
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last week that federal law does not prohibit a person’s Social Security benefits from being diverted to pay for their ex-spouse’s alimony. Although other states’ courts had addressed the issue, the Court of Appeals never previously evaluated the meaning of two provisions of federal law as applied to divorced couples. First,…

