<section number="81-4-505"><effdate>3/23/2026</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2026GS">249</modchap>, 2026 General Session</history><modyear>2026</modyear></histories><catchline>Termination of alimony.</catchline><subsection number="81-4-505(1)"><subsection number="81-4-505(1)(a)">Except as provided in Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="81-4-505(1)(b)">(1)(b)</xref>, or unless a decree of divorce specifically provides otherwise, any order of the court that a payor pay alimony to a payee automatically terminates upon the remarriage or death of that payee.</subsection><subsection number="81-4-505(1)(b)">If the remarriage of the payee is annulled and found to be void ab initio, the payment of alimony shall resume if the payor is made a party to the action of annulment and the payor's rights are determined.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="81-4-505(2)"><subsection number="81-4-505(2)(a)">If a payor establishes that a payee cohabits with another individual during the pendency of the divorce action or after the court enters a divorce decree, the court:<subsection number="81-4-505(2)(a)(i)">may not order the payor to pay alimony, including temporary alimony, to the payee; and</subsection><subsection number="81-4-505(2)(a)(ii)">shall terminate any order that the payor pay alimony, including temporary alimony, to the payee, even if the payee is not cohabiting with the individual when the payor files the motion to terminate alimony.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="81-4-505(2)(b)">A payor may not seek termination of alimony under Subsection <xref tempid="1066">(2)(a)(ii)</xref> later than one year after the day on which the payor knew or should have known that the payee has cohabited with another individual.</subsection></subsection></section>