{"id":2649,"date":"2023-05-17T15:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T20:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2023-05-04T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T20:29:48","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-spousal-maintenance-and-reimbursement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-spousal-maintenance-and-reimbursement\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Spousal Maintenance and Reimbursement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"iStock-531351317-300x200\"Texas spousal maintenance is intended to provide \u201ctemporary and rehabilitative\u201d support for a spouse who does not have the ability or assets to support themselves or whose ability to do so has deteriorated while they were engaged in homemaking activities.\u00a0 Courts may award spousal maintenance only in limited circumstances if the parties meet the requirements under the Texas Family Code.<\/p>\n

Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 8.053 provides there is a rebuttable presumption that maintenance is not warranted pursuant to Section 8.051(2)(B) unless the spouse exercised diligence in earning sufficient income to provide for their reasonable needs, or in developing the necessary skills to provide for their reasonable needs during separation and while the divorce case is pending.\u00a0 Even if a spouse otherwise qualifies under Section 8.051(2)(B), they must either show that they exercised diligence or rebut the presumption that maintenance is not warranted.<\/p>\n

A husband recently challenged<\/a> a spousal maintenance award in favor of the wife and an order to pay a reimbursement claim to the community estate based on improvements made to his separate property.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas spousal maintenance is intended to provide \u201ctemporary and rehabilitative\u201d support for a spouse who does not have the ability or assets to support themselves or whose ability to do so has deteriorated while they were engaged in homemaking activities.\u00a0 Courts may award spousal maintenance only in limited circumstances if the parties meet the requirements […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,27,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alimony","category-property","category-spousal-support"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Appeals Court Upholds Spousal Maintenance and Reimbursement — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — May 17, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Texas spousal maintenance is intended to provide 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