Spousal Support buy out

[frustrated11]

How would you word the court order stating that the spousal support is a buy out. Ie, SS ends in a few months but want to pay 1 lump sum.

Last payment of SS, will now end on (date). A lump sum of XXX will be due by (date). (name of person) is not entitled to any future SS payments.

I want to make sure that they dont come back to claim any more at a future date

[About_Time]

You can word the spousal support portion something like this:

"Person X is to receive from Person Y a time-limited, fixed spousal support amount of $XXX, to be paid according the the following schedule:

$AAA per month from DATE to DATE;
$BBB per month from DATE to DATE."

You can also add in - just to be 100% clear - that upon payment of that fixed amount Person X forgoes all future claims to spousal support.

I would definately NOT pay any of it in a lump amount. If you pay it in a lump amount, you can't claim it on your taxes. If you pay a monthly amount dictated by a court order, you can claim it at tax time and get a chunk back. If you were planning on paying $4000 in a lump sum, for example, just say you'll pay $1000 per month for 4 months.