{"id":2876,"date":"2024-08-06T19:03:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T00:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:49:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:49:24","slug":"texas-appeals-court-reverses-spousal-maintenance-order-for-lack-of-evidence-of-diligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-spousal-maintenance-order-for-lack-of-evidence-of-diligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Reverses Spousal Maintenance Order for Lack of Evidence of Diligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A court may order Texas spousal maintenance to a spouse who lacks sufficient property on dissolution and the ability to earn sufficient income to provide for their own minimum reasonable needs if the parties have been married for at least 10 years. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 8.051. A former husband recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/second-court-of-appeals\/2024-02-23-00353-cv.pdf?ts=1722569113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenged<\/a> a spousal maintenance award, arguing the wife had not presented any evidence to overcome the presumption that maintenance is not warranted unless the spouse has been diligent in earning sufficient income to meet their minimum reasonable needs or in developing the skills they need to do so during separation and while the divorce proceedings are pending.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Divorce Proceedings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The parties got married in 2010 and had a child in 2016.\u00a0 They separated in November 2021 and the husband petitioned for divorce in early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>By the time the trial occurred, the parties had been married for 13 years.\u00a0 The wife had been a stay-at-home mom since the birth of the child.\u00a0 She started doing marketing for her parents from home shortly before the trial because she said the judge told her she needed to start working.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-spousal-maintenance-order-for-lack-of-evidence-of-diligence\/#more-2876\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court may order Texas spousal maintenance to a spouse who lacks sufficient property on dissolution and the ability to earn sufficient income to provide for their own minimum reasonable needs if the parties have been married for at least 10 years. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 8.051. 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