The Courts use the following information to Determine Spousal Maintenance:
each spouse’s ability to take care of their own minimal and basic needs independently considering all financial resources
the education and employment skills
does the spouse seeking support have the time necessary to acquire the education or training to enable them to earn sufficient income and is the training available and feasible.
the length of the marriage
the age, employment history, earning ability, physical and emotional health of the spouse seeking maintenance
whether either spouse is paying child support. Do these payments affect the spouse from the ability to take care of their basic needs.
whether either spouse has had excessive or abnormal expenditures or destruction, concealment, or fraudulent disposed of joint property.
whether one spouse contributed to the other spouse’s education, training, or increased the earning power of the other spouse.
the property each spouse brought to the marriage
whether one spouse was a homemaker
acts of adultery or cruel treatment by either spouse