This packet is designed so that you may be able to represent yourself and complete your divorce without an attorney. This page provides basic information about divorce and a general overview of the divorce process in New York.This helpful guide from the Global Community Liaison Office (GCLO) provides the information and resources you will need during this sometimes difficult process. A US citizen payer should be allowed a deduction on his or her US tax return for alimony payments made to a nonresident. This helpful guide from the Family Liaison Office (FLO) provides the information and resources you will need during this sometimes difficult process. An action for alimony, separate maintenance and property division pursuant to G.S. 1949, 60-1516, is an entirely different cause of action from one of divorce. Still, there can be situations where the American spouse is granted alimony. A legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. If you get divorced from a foreign national spouse after bringing them to the U.S., you still may need to support them under Form I864. This article and video explain spousal maintenance (alimony) in Washington State.