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Texas spousal maintenance is intended to be temporary and rehabilitative. A trial court can only award spousal maintenance if the party seeking it meets certain requirements, which depend on the parties\u2019 circumstances. A husband recently challenged a trial court\u2019s award spousal maintenance to the wife for 81 months.<\/p>\n

According to the appeals court<\/a>, the parties got married in 2012 and had three children together.\u00a0 The husband worked primarily in law enforcement, while the wife was a homemaker.\u00a0 They separated in February 2021 and the husband moved out.\u00a0 He petitioned for divorce in March.\u00a0 The wife requested a disproportionate share of the community estate and spousal maintenance.<\/p>\n

The trial court awarded the wife the home and a disproportionate share of the assets.\u00a0 It also ordered the husband to pay her $1,200 in monthly spousal maintenance for 81 months.\u00a0 The husband appealed the order for maintenance.<\/p>\n

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Texas spousal maintenance is intended to be temporary and rehabilitative. A trial court can only award spousal maintenance if the party seeking it meets certain requirements, which depend on the parties\u2019 circumstances. A husband recently challenged a trial court\u2019s award spousal maintenance to the wife for 81 months. According to the appeals court, the parties […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,4,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alimony","category-divorce","category-spousal-support"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Spousal Maintenance Award Cannot Exceed Statutory Maximum — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — May 14, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Texas spousal maintenance is intended to be temporary and rehabilitative. 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