Duration of Maintenance How long would I have to pay my wife maintenance? Each case is considered separately. However, permanent maintenance (Lifetime) is a rare occurrence but happens in some cases if the spouse is disabled, or for some valid reason is unable to...
Is Maintenance Affected by Upfront Payment? If my spouse is awarded a decent portion of the cash in the divorce (say $60,000) would that be taken into consideration when/if maintenance is requested? Can’t that cash be used to help my spouse support themselves during...
Paying an Ex’s Bills Will I get stuck paying all of her bills? If the bills were incurred for the benefit of the marital estate, such as living expenses, home improvements, family vacations or expenses for the kids, the bills will be considered marital and you will...
Court’s Evaluation of Finances What does the court value the salary of a homemaker? For example if I make $100K a year what do they value her salary at for the distribution? Is it like if they value it at $40K (just for example) then 4/14 (40K/140K combined) is what...
Modifying Maintenance If my Divorce papers say I have to pay maintenance for 10 years and i cannot not go back to court and change it, Is it possible to change it? thanks rick If your maintenance is contractual nonmodifiable, then you cannot change it. If it is...
