{"id":46,"date":"2016-12-22T01:11:47","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T01:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/busslaw.wordpress.com\/spousal-maintenance\/"},"modified":"2020-08-05T14:02:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:02:44","slug":"spousal-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/spousal-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Spousal Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Spousal Maintenance<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"\/divorce\">divorce<\/a>, one party may be ordered to pay <strong>spousal maintenance<\/strong> (formerly called alimony) to the other for a period of time agreed to by the parties or determined by a judge. 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The amount and length of time maintenance is to be paid is determined after consideration of several factors, including each spouse's:\n<ul>\n\t<li>level of education<\/li>\n\t<li>employment<\/li>\n\t<li>income history and potential<\/li>\n\t<li>age<\/li>\n\t<li>health<\/li>\n\t<li>lifestyle during the marriage<\/li>\n\t<li>reasonable living expenses<\/li>\n\t<li>debts<\/li>\n\t<li>pre-nuptial agreements<\/li>\n\t<li>ability\u00a0to contribute toward the support of the other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<strong>The spousal maintenance issue requires that three questions be considered:<\/strong>\n<ol>\n\t<li>Should there be spousal maintenance at all?<\/li>\n\t<li>If so, how much?<\/li>\n\t<li>If so, for how long?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/busslaw.wordpress.com\/contact\/\">Contact Patricia Buss<\/a>\u00a0to discuss your legal matter today.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/busslaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}