When a marriage
ends, one of the issues that may arise is the maintenance
payments
one party has to pay to the spouse who may not have an income.
Obviously, these payments can be a financial burden to the provider,
so their end is always a welcome event.
There are several things you have to
know about maintenance payments. First, it is granted by the more
financially stable party to the one with the lower (or no) income.
Furthermore, there has to be a good reason why these have to be paid
out; for example, the ex-spouse is only about to retrain or reenter
the workforce, and needs the maintenance payments during the process.