spousal maintenance
- Financial support money paid by one spouse to the other following a divorce, established under law to support a spouse who cannot self-support or who meets particular criteria
- After the divorce, she was granted spousal maintenance due to her inability to support herself financially.
- He was ordered by the court to pay spousal maintenance as part of the divorce settlement.
- Spousal maintenance is separate from child support and is meant to help the recipient spouse maintain their standard of living.
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