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\"iStock-1331374129-300x200\"Texas spousal maintenance is intended to give temporary support to a spouse whose ability to support themselves has diminished and whose assets are insufficient to support them.\u00a0 After 10 years of marriage, a spouse who shows they lack sufficient property or the ability to earn sufficient income to provide for their \u201cminimum reasonable needs\u201d may be entitled to spousal maintenance.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 8.051(2)(B).\u00a0 They must, however, overcome the rebuttable presumption that maintenance is not warranted by showing they have exercised diligence in earning sufficient income to provide for their reasonable needs or developing the necessary skills to do so during separation and the pendency of the divorce case.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code 8.053. In a recent case, a wife appealed a trial court\u2019s denial of her request for spousal maintenance.<\/p>\n

The appeals court\u2019s opinion<\/a> stated the parties got married in 2009 and separated in 2018.\u00a0 The husband lived in Texas and the wife lived in a vacation condominium they bought in Illinois in 2018.\u00a0 The husband petitioned for divorce in 2019 and the final hearing occurred in February 2021.<\/p>\n

The husband requested an equal property division and no spousal maintenance.<\/p>\n

The wife asked for a 60\/40 split of the assets and $5,000 per month in spousal maintenance for five years. She had not worked during the marriage or during the divorce case.\u00a0 Her mother testified she loaned her $37,500 during the separation.\u00a0 The husband had also transferred about $50,000 worth of assets to the wife during the case.\u00a0 The wife testified her monthly living expenses were about $12,000.\u00a0 She had last worked as a medication aide in 2008.\u00a0 She testified she previously worked as a certified nursing assistant but did not want to do so again.\u00a0 She testified her dental assistance certification did not transfer to Illinois. She also testified she had photography certifications but had not tried to earn income from them.\u00a0 She started a real estate course in 2019, but had not passed part of the test.\u00a0 She also admitted she had \u201cnot done anything\u201d to become employed since the divorce case commenced.\u00a0 She said businesses were closed due to the pandemic and she did not have time to seek employment due to the divorce case.<\/p>\n

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Texas spousal maintenance is intended to give temporary support to a spouse whose ability to support themselves has diminished and whose assets are insufficient to support them.\u00a0 After 10 years of marriage, a spouse who shows they lack sufficient property or the ability to earn sufficient income to provide for their \u201cminimum reasonable needs\u201d may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divorce","category-spousal-support"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Spousal Maintenance — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — April 21, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Texas spousal maintenance is intended to give temporary support to a spouse whose ability to 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