DMR.2.5.020 Maintenance Factors

The maintenance award shall be in such amounts and for such periods of time as the Court deems just, without regard to marital misconduct, and after considering all relevant factors, including:

(a) The financial resources of the party seeking maintenance, and his or her ability to meet his or her needs independently.

(b) The time necessary to acquire sufficient education or training to enable the party seeking maintenance to find appropriate employment.

(c) The standard of living established during the marriage.

(d) The duration of the marriage.

(e) The age and the physical and emotional condition of the spouse seeking maintenance.

(f) The ability of the spouse from whom maintenance is sought to meet his or her needs while meeting those of the spouse seeking maintenance.

(g) Excessive or abnormal expenditures, destruction, concealment or fraudulent disposition of community, joint tenancy and other property held in common.

(h) The ability of the spouse seeking maintenance to earn a living separate from the other spouse.

(i) The tax consequences to each party.