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 ==Spousal Support==
-Spousal support is money paid by one spouse to the other, to help the other spouse meet his or her living expenses and sometimes to compensate that person for the financial consequences of decisions the spouses made during their relationship. Spousal support is not paid automatically just because a couple were in a married or unmarried spousal relationship, the person who needs support must prove that he or she is entitled to get support.
+Spousal support is money paid by one spouse to the other, to help the other spouse meet his or her living expenses and sometimes to compensate that person for the financial consequences of decisions the spouses made during their relationship. Spousal support is not paid automatically just because a couple were in a married or unmarried spousal relationship; the person who needs support must prove that he or she is entitled to get support.
 Financial decisions during a relationship can cause someone to be entitled to compensation if the couple decided that one of them should quit work and stay at home to raise the children and be a homemaker. Someone who stays at home may have to leave a job or a career, and it can be very difficult to return to work after being out of the workforce, particularly when the relationship was long and there is no career to return to.