Looking for an Oregon spousal support calculator? Although spousal support in Oregon is NOT a calculation, and instead, a negotiation, clients usually ask, “what is typical for my situation?”
I developed two spousal support calculators to tell you both the likely back-of-the-envelope spousal support award and what is left in your wallet after taxes and spousal support!
Click here to read more a more in-depth explanation of Oregon spousal support.
Oregon law states that an award of spousal support may be awarded for a period of time that is just and equitable. ORS
107.105(1)(d). Super helpful, huh?
Prior to 2019, spousal support was taxable. On January 1, 2019, spousal support became a non-taxable event. Until the tax law change in 2019, I owned a second company that data-mined every reliable spousal support award in Oregon.
If you reverse engineer the pre-2019 spousal support awards, it is clear that a back-of-the-envelope formula was used more often than not.
If you apply basic math principals to the pre-2019 back-of-the-envelope formula and adjusting it for the new non-taxable nature of spousal support, then you get the following algorithm: 22% of the difference of the parties’ gross monthly incomes is the monthly spousal support award for half the duration of the marriage.
DISCLAIMER: I am not your attorney. This is not legal advice. Spousal support is not a calculation. The information on this page is limited to Oregon. Talk to an attorney about your specific situation.
