{"id":2886,"date":"2024-09-06T16:41:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T21:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2024-09-09T08:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:36:00","slug":"texas-appeals-court-affirms-termination-of-spousal-maintenance-in-lieu-of-child-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-affirms-termination-of-spousal-maintenance-in-lieu-of-child-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Affirms Termination of Spousal Maintenance in Lieu of Child Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas spousal maintenance is generally intended to provide temporary rehabilitative support to spouses who are unable to support themselves.\u00a0 The appeals court recently reviewed<\/a> a case in which spousal maintenance was ordered \u201cin lieu of child support\u201d for the parties\u2019 now adult daughter, who is disabled.<\/p>\n

The parties divorced in 1998. The trial court issued a modification order in 2014 that, \u201cupon agreement of the parties,\u201d the father would pay $1,096.55 per month in spousal maintenance in lieu of child support, purportedly to allow the daughter to qualify for more disability benefits.\u00a0 Additionally, any payments received for the benefit of the child, including from the Social Security Administration, were to be credited against the spousal maintenance.<\/p>\n

Enforcement and Modification Proceedings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each of the parents remarried.\u00a0 The mother\u2019s husband passed away in 2020.\u00a0 She petitioned for enforcement of the spousal maintenance in early 2022, alleging the father had not made payments from June to December of 2021.\u00a0 The father filed a counter-petition, seeking to terminate the maintenance based on his retirement and the daughter getting half his Social Security Old Age Benefits (\u201cSSOAB\u201d), totaling $1,466 monthly plus increases for cost-of-living.<\/p>\n

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Texas spousal maintenance is generally intended to provide temporary rehabilitative support to spouses who are unable to support themselves.\u00a0 The appeals court recently reviewed a case in which spousal maintenance was ordered \u201cin lieu of child support\u201d for the parties\u2019 now adult daughter, who is disabled. The parties divorced in 1998. 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