Spousal Maintenance

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Minnesota law recognizes the right of a party to a divorce to seek an award of spousal maintenance (sometimes referred to as "alimony"). Maintenance is typically awarded when one party lacks sufficient income to meet their needs after divorce, and other party has the ability to assist.

Spousal maintenance, formerly known as alimony, is one of the more difficult issues to tackle during the dissolution process.  With the exception of child custody, no other issue is as personal or emotionally charged to divorce litigants.

It is quite difficult to predict exactly how much spousal maintenance the court will award a particular party. …