At the time of our divorce, the court did not order spousal maintenance. Now, I want to go back and modify that decision to get spousal maintenance. Is that possible?
No. Once the court awards no Spousal MaintenanceThese are payments made from one spouse to another when one spouse cannot financially meet their reasonable needs on their own. The law permits spousal maintenance (or alimony as it’s called in other states) for several reasons—to help maintain the lifestyle the parties enjoyed…Read more about Spousal Maintenance, the court loses JurisdictionThe authority of a Court to hear and decide a certain issue. Each court’s ability to hear cases are defined either by a Constitutional provision, or, more commonly, by an Act of Congress (for Federal courts) or the state legislature (for state courts).Read more about Jurisdiction to order a future ModificationAn action made to change a current court order. Modifications commonly involve parenting time, legal decision-making, child support, or spousal maintenance.Read more about Modification. In other words, once spousal maintenance is ordered to be zero, it says zero.