How does spousal maintenance in Arizona actually work?

Spousal maintenance is defined in A.R.S. § 25-319. It has two parts for determining how much spousal maintenance is ordered. Under A.R.S. § 25-319(A), a spouse must meet one of the five listed criteria to qualify for spousal maintenance. Once they do, we move to the calculation. It used to be that we moved onto A.R.S. § 25-319(B) to determine the amount, but under the new Guidelines and updated law, the 25-319(B) factors while still considered are applied during the calculation and determination phases of spousal maintenance.

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