I’m getting divorced, how much maintenance will I get?
22 May 2018
Spousal maintenance after divorce is to be distinguished from maintenance for children. It is always preferable to settle all disputes... in a divorce but where parties have not entered into a written agreement, section 7(2) of the Divorce Act applies. It provides that the court may, having regard to the existing or prospective means of the parties, their earning capacities, financial needs and obligations, age, duration of the marriage, standard of living, conduct in so far as it may be relevant to the breakdown of the marriage, any order for redistribution of assets and any other relevant factor, make an order for payment of maintenance for any period until the death or remarriage of the party in whose favour the order is given, whichever event may first occur.