Minnesota Spousal Maintenance
Q:
What is spousal maintenance?
A: Spousal maintenance, or alimony as it is often referred, is the payment of future income or earnings payed from one spouse to the other for support as a result of divorce.
Q:
What is permanent spousal
maintenance?
A: Permanent spousal maintenance, as the name implies, is an award for maintenance that is not of a fixed duration.
Q:
What is temporary spousal
maintenance?
A: Temporary spousal maintenance is for a fixed period of time, such as for 10 years, or for a duration necessary to satisfy the occurrence of an event, such as graduation from college.
Q: Who is eligible for spousal maintenance in Minnesota?
A: In Minnesota a court may grant a maintenance order for either spouse if it finds that the spouse seeking maintenance:(a) lacks sufficient property, including marital property apportioned to the spouse, to provide for reasonable needs of the spouse considering the standard of living established during the marriage, especially, but not limited to, a period of training or education, or(b) is unable to provide adequate self-support, after considering the standard of living established during the marriage and all relevant circumstances, through appropriate employment, or is the custodian of a child whose condition or circumstances make it appropriate that the custodian not be required to seek employment outside the home.
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