23 Miss. Code. R. 104-7.32 - Support Payments - Spousal Support, Alimony

A. These types of income are defined as follows:

1. Alimony and support payments are both cash contributions intended to meet some and all of a person's needs for food and shelter.

a) Support payments may be made voluntarily or because of a court order.

b) Alimony, sometimes called "maintenance" is an allowance made by a court from the funds of one spouse to the other spouse in connection with a suit for separation or divorce.

B. These types of income are treated as follows:

1. Alimony and spousal support payments are counted as unearned income to the recipient.

2. The income used to make court-ordered alimony or spousal support payments by an ineligible spouse, ineligible parent or ineligible child is excluded from the deemor's income.

Notes

23 Miss. Code. R. 104-7.32

Social Security Act §1902 (r)(2); 42 CFR §435.601(b) (Rev 1994).