Alimony and Spousal Maintenance Attorney in Eagan, Minnesota

In what situations is spousal maintenance awarded?

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well there’s a statute in minnesota
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giving us guidance about what situations
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that a spousal maintenance award would
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be appropriate and the basics of the
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statute say that someone must need
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spousal maintenance in order to continue
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and the other
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person the obligor must have the ability
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to pay spousal maintenance so that’s the
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kind of the bottom line look at it if
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everybody is
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not situated fairly enough to be able to
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either provide for spousal maintenance
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or perhaps is underemployed and needs to
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increase their workload to uh offset
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maybe a spousal maintenance situation
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those are factors that need to be
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considered

Eagan, MN family law attorney, Susan M. Gallagher when and how spousal maintenance is awarded.

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