separate maintenance

separate maintenance
separate maintenance n: maintenance paid (as by court order) from one spouse to another during separation
entitlement to separate maintenance does not extend to the division of marital assetsKennedy v. Kennedy, 662 So. 2d 179 (1995)

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

separate maintenance
index alimony, estrangement

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


separate maintenance
Money paid by one married person to the other for support if they are no longer living as husband and wife. Commonly it is referred to as separate support and follows from a court order.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


separate maintenance
Money paid by one married person to the other for support if they are no longer living as husband and wife. Commonly it is referred to as separate support and follows from a court order.

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