Divorce sometimes reveals an imbalance between two spouses. One spouse, for example, might be a stay-at-home parent who is unemployed, while the other may be a high-powered executive. A court, therefore, may order the party who is better off financially to pay spousal support, or alimony, to the unemployed parent.
However, a divorce can sometimes drag on for a long time. Some divorces carry on for a year or more. During this time, an unemployed spouse may need financial assistance until the judge issues the final court order requiring the working spouse to pay alimony. In such a case, the unemployed spouse’s Illinois divorce attorney may ask the court to sign a temporary relief order.
What Is a Temporary Relief Order?
As the name suggests, a temporary relief order is a legally binding decree that grants temporary financial relief to one of the parties during the divorce process. This relief can be in many forms. In the scenario above, the order would instruct the party with financial means to support the spouse with none.