{"id":2276,"date":"2021-11-21T23:11:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T05:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2021-11-21T23:11:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T05:11:53","slug":"what-is-spousal-maintenance-and-when-is-it-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/what-is-spousal-maintenance-and-when-is-it-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Spousal Maintenance and When is it Awarded?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2281\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2281\" class=\"wp-image-2281 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1223362514-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1223362514-1024x683\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1223362514-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1223362514-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1223362514-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1223362514-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1223362514-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1223362514-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1223362514-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spousal maintenance (which is commonly compared to other states&#8217; alimony) is a payment from one spouse to another to help the other spouse meet their &#8220;minimum reasonable needs&#8221; after divorce. A Texas divorce court will determine what is considered to be a spouse&#8217;s &#8220;minimum reasonable needs,&#8221; and can take many factors into consideration when making this determination. (Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 8.001) Thus, whether a spouse is entitled to spousal maintenance is decided on a case-by-case basis.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A spouse who is seeking spousal maintenance must first demonstrate one of the following to be considered for maintenance (Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 8.051.):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The marriage lasted 10 or more years;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/what-is-spousal-maintenance-and-when-is-it-awarded\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What is Spousal Maintenance and When is it Awarded?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spousal maintenance (which is commonly compared to other states&#8217; alimony) is a payment from one spouse to another to help the other spouse meet their &#8220;minimum reasonable needs&#8221; after divorce. A Texas divorce court will determine what is considered to be a spouse&#8217;s &#8220;minimum reasonable needs,&#8221; and can take many factors into consideration when making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,4,126],"tags":[7,125,8,127,328],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alimony","category-divorce","category-spousal-support","tag-alimony","tag-settlement","tag-spousal-maintenance","tag-spousal-support","tag-texas-family-code"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Spousal Maintenance and When is it Awarded? &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; November 21, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; A spouse who is seeking spousal maintenance must first demonstrate one of the following to be considered for maintenance (Tex. 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