Como dizer "Pensão Alimentícia" em inglês

Alessandro escreveu:O termo usado em inglês para Pensão Alimentícia é "spousal maintenance payments".

Exemplo: My employer withholds the spousal maintenance payments to my wife as the "after tax" deduction.

Sugestões são bem vindas.

Meu amigo americano, de San Francisco, sugeriu ALIMONY ou simplemente CHILD SUPPORT.
Adriana Cunha

Alimony = for a spouse
Child support = for a child

Hi there!

Alimony: An allowance for support made under court order to a divorced person by the former spouse, usually the chief provider during the marriage. Alimony may also be granted without a divorce,as between legally separated persons.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/alimony

Take care,

Daniel

Alimony = Paying for gasoline that goes into the tank of another man's car.