My 2013 divorce decree gives a % of my retirement pension to my ex-wife every month. It goes directly to her bank account and I never touch it, so to speak. The court order does not specifically call this disbursement to her as alimony. It just divides my pension and she gets her % and I get my %. If the court did not specifically call the money she receives each month "alimony", then am I not allowed to deduct the amount she gets, on my Federal Tax return as alimony?
