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In a Texas divorce, the court may award spousal maintenance if the marriage lasted at least 10 years and the spouse seeking maintenance lacks sufficient property to meet his or her minimum reasonable needs and has insufficient earning capability to support herself or himself.\u00a0 A Texas court<\/a> recently considered whether spousal maintenance was appropriate when the spouse receiving maintenance had maintained employment with the same organization for over 30 years.<\/p>\n

The couple had been married for nearly 40 years when they divorced.\u00a0 The court ordered the husband to pay $650 per month for five years or until certain specified events occurred.\u00a0 She was also awarded a 100% interest in the joint and survivor\u2019s annuity of his retirement pension.<\/p>\n

The husband appealed, arguing there was insufficient evidence to support the spousal maintenance award.\u00a0 He argued the wife\u2019s annual salary was more than sufficient to meet her minimum reasonable needs.\u00a0 He also argued she had requested the marital home and that put her in a worse financial situation.<\/p>\n

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In a Texas divorce, the court may award spousal maintenance if the marriage lasted at least 10 years and the spouse seeking maintenance lacks sufficient property to meet his or her minimum reasonable needs and has insufficient earning capability to support herself or himself.\u00a0 A Texas court recently considered whether spousal maintenance was appropriate when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alimony","category-spousal-support"],"yoast_head":"\nDiligence and Spousal Maintenance in Texas Divorces — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — July 6, 2018<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a Texas divorce, the court may award spousal maintenance if the marriage lasted at least 10 years and the spouse 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