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Pursuant to Texas Fam. Code \u00a7 8.051, the court may award Texas spousal maintenance to a spouse who lacks sufficient resources to provide for their own minimum reasonable needs if the other spouse was convicted of or received deferred adjudication for a criminal offense that constituted an act of family violence against the spouse or the spouse\u2019s child and the offense occurred within two years before the divorce case was filed or while it was pending.\u00a0 Additionally, the court may award maintenance to a spouse who lacks sufficient resources to provide for their own minimum needs if they: are unable to earn sufficient income to provide for their minimum reasonable needs due to an incapacitating disability; lack the ability to earn sufficient income after being married to the other spouse for at least 10 years; or are the custodian of the parties\u2019 child with a disability who requires substantial care and supervision that prevents the custodial parent from earning sufficient income.\u00a0 A husband recently appealed<\/a> a spousal maintenance award, arguing there was insufficient evidence that the wife was eligible for maintenance.<\/p>\n

Wife Seeks Spousal Maintenance<\/strong><\/p>\n

The husband petitioned for divorce after seven years of marriage, alleging insupportability.\u00a0 He requested the court to appoint the parties joint managing conservators of their child.<\/p>\n

The wife also alleged the marriage was insupportable, but also alleged cruel treatment and \u201ca history or pattern of committing family violence\u201d by the husband.\u00a0 She alleged she would not have adequate resources to meet her minimum reasonable needs and sought spousal maintenance.\u00a0 She claimed she was eligible to receive spousal maintenance as a result of \u201cdomestic violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

Pursuant to Texas Fam. Code \u00a7 8.051, the court may award Texas spousal maintenance to a spouse who lacks sufficient resources to provide for their own minimum reasonable needs if the other spouse was convicted of or received deferred adjudication for a criminal offense that constituted an act of family violence against the spouse or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-spousal-support"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Spousal Maintenance — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — September 25, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pursuant to Texas Fam. 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