{"id":2696,"date":"2023-05-21T17:45:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T22:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2023-07-27T10:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:31:24","slug":"texas-appeals-court-reverses-spousal-maintenance-award-due-to-lack-of-evidence-of-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-spousal-maintenance-award-due-to-lack-of-evidence-of-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Reverses Spousal Maintenance Award Due to Lack of Evidence of Expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas divorce case can become more complicated for spouses with a child with complex medical needs.\u00a0 In addition to addressing issues related to custody and decision-making, the divorce may also have to address spousal maintenance for the child\u2019s primary caregiver.\u00a0 In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/second-court-of-appeals\/2023-02-22-00069-cv.pdf?ts=1684467674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent case<\/a>, a husband appealed an unequal property division and a spousal maintenance award in favor of the wife, who acted as primary caregiver for the children.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the parties had preterm triplets, one of whom was a \u201cmedically fragile child,\u201d \u201cAndy.\u201d \u00a0The wife stopped working outside the home and became their primary caregiver.<\/p>\n<p>The husband filed for divorce in 2019.\u00a0 The wife subsequently negotiated a job with the non-profit she co-founded.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-spousal-maintenance-award-due-to-lack-of-evidence-of-expenses\/#more-2696\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas divorce case can become more complicated for spouses with a child with complex medical needs.\u00a0 In addition to addressing issues related to custody and decision-making, the divorce may also have to address spousal maintenance for the child\u2019s primary caregiver.\u00a0 In a recent case, a husband appealed an unequal property division and a spousal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,27,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alimony","category-property","category-spousal-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Reverses Spousal Maintenance Award Due to Lack of Evidence of Expenses &#8212; 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