The only time I see maintenance/alimony awarded in marriages less than five years is where one party is unemployed or would end up on the road if their partner just left them. Even in those cases, the awarded at temporary orders reads something like: "The [husband/wife] shall pay to the wife maintenance in an amount of 0 for six months or until the wife secures full-time employment. If full-time employment has not been found in 6 months the [husband/wife] may motion the court for an extension but only for good cause shown." I have written orders like that many many times. At the temporary orders stage the judge or commissioner makes his or her ruling and says "Counsel, Write up the Orders". Tradition has it that the primarily prevailing party draws them up; although sometimes a lawyer much older than you will assume that he or she will do the honors. We then often times have to go back in and argue over them. But that is regularly if the attorneys whether don't know each other or one is inexperienced. As lawyers we also sit in the back of the courtroom and wait for our case to be called. during that time we talk with other attorneys about their cases or watch how the judges and commissioners determine other cases in family Court.
On the other hand marriages longer than 20 years practically always do involve some form of maintenance, or "evening out" of the revenue and assets over time. The goal of the Court in such long-term marriages is mainly to avow the party's financial standing at the same level for a requisite time after the marriage.
Attorney Washington
Spousal maintenance in Washington has traditionally been defined by an oft-quoted (and legally cited) bar journal article by Judge Windsor. It has been cited in many Washington separation consummate court cases.
Recently, there has been argument regarding a new metaphor. A up-to-date (2006) Washington State Bar Journal article discusses the subject. Maintenance can be very discretionary and the cases I have dealt with on motion have been difficult to overturn. That is basically the normal consensus: the Judge or Commissioner must have really, in fact screwed up before they overturn it. Yes, you are mental the right thing: it is very important to win at the lower levels. Don't sit back and comfort yourself that "If they make the wrong decision I can just appeal." This is not tax or corporate law. There are fewer analytical rules to follow. And this is alimony in the real world.
The Real World of Alimony & Spousal Maintenance Under Washington State disunion Law
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