{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:607","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Support of Former Spouse Following Divorce","number":"607","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/607/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK II - FAMILY","title":"TITLE I. - BONDS OF RELATIONSHIP BY CONSANGUINITY AND BY AFFINITY.","chapter":"Chapter 7. - Termination of Marriage","section":"Section 1. - Causes of Termination of Marriage.","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The family arbitrators may order, on request, the provision of support by one of the former spouses to the other former spouse following their divorce, either in the form of periodical payments or as a lump-sum.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/607/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":168,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/168/?article=607&paragraph=p1#article-607-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"If the provision of support is ordered in the form of periodical payments, the family arbitrators may limit the duration of this obligation.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/607/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":168,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/168/?article=607&paragraph=p2#article-607-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"In their decision to limit the duration of the obligation to provide support or not, the family arbitrators shall take into account all relevant factors, such as the duration of the marriage, whether children are born out of the marriage, the age and state of health of the former spouse entitled to support and the extent to which the marriage has influenced the ability of such former spouse to support himself.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/607/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":168,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/168/?article=607&paragraph=p3#article-607-p3"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}