On June 17, Gov. Rick Perry signed into law two bills of keen interest to family lawyers in Texas, writes Jonathan J. Bates. They address spousal maintenance and fraud on the community estate. On the issue of spousal maintenance, the previous rule was that three years was the maximum duration for maintenance. The new law provides a stair-stepped increase in the maximum duration, which is related to the marriage duration.
June 27, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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On June 17, Gov. Rick Perry signed into law two bills of keen interest to family lawyers in Texas. They address spousal maintenance and fraud on the community estate.
In some limited situations, Texas law permits a court to order post-divorce payments, known as spousal maintenance, from one spouse to the other. H.B. 901 significantly has modified Chapter 8 of the Texas Family Code, which is the section that authorizes spousal maintenance.
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