22.200 Introduction to Alimony

22.200 Introduction to Alimony (Give the following portion of the charge only if alimony is requested.) In addition to asking for an equitable division of property, one or both parties is/are asking for an award of alimony. Remember that you can make an equitable division of property only on the property that I have just described. On the other hand, you can make an alimony award from anything that a person owns or from future earnings. In making an equitable division of property, you should consider whether such an award is in place of or is in addition to an alimony award. I have just given you instructions about an equitable division of property. Next, I am going to charge you about alimony. The order of these instructions does not mean that you have to make a decision about an equitable division of property before deciding alimony. You may decide equitable division before deciding alimony, or you may decide alimony before deciding equitable division of property. You may grant alimony and no equitable division, or you may grant equitable division and no alimony, or you may grant both, or you may grant neither, according to the facts as you find them to be and the law that I have explained to you.