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Arizona refers to alimony as spousal maintenance.
To be awarded spousal maintenance, the courts must first determine whether a spouse is entitled to it.
Section 25-319 Subsection A of the Arizona Revised Statutes covers who is entitled to receive spousal maintenance.
Are You Entitled to Spousal Maintenance? (don’t narrate this line)
Arizona courts may grant spousal maintenance for either spouse seeking maintenance if any of the following conditions are met:
• A spouse lacks sufficient property to provide for their reasonable needs
• A spouse is unable to attain self-sufficiency via employment or lacks the earning ability in the market to become self-sufficient
• A spouse is custodian of a child of such an age or condition that the spouse should not be required to find employment outside the home
• A spouse contributed to the other spouse's educational opportunities
• The marriage was "of long duration" and the spouse is advance...
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