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Maine Alimony Calculator
Match the requested relief to Maine’s statutory support purpose and evidence.
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spousal-support framework
ME sets alimony by judicial discretion; there is no statutory formula. Courts weigh the enumerated factors below.
Factors the court weighs
- Marriage length and each party’s ability to pay
- Age, health, employment, income, education, training, retirement and insurance
- Tax consequences, homemaker and career contributions
- Economic misconduct or economic abuse
- Marital standard of living and ability to become self-supporting
- Property income, child support, and any other appropriate factor
19-A M.R.S. § 951-A(5)
Duration limits
- General support presumptions: General support is presumptively unavailable under 10 years; for marriages of 10 through 20 years, a term beyond half the marriage is presumptively unavailable. Both presumptions are rebuttable.
- Other support types: Transitional, reimbursement, nominal, and interim support serve distinct statutory purposes.
Assumptions
- This tool does not estimate a dollar amount for discretionary states: any number would be invented.
- Maine provides duration presumptions but no mandatory statewide dollar formula.
Estimate only. The court or state agency calculation controls.
Maine alimony under 19-A M.R.S. § 951-A.
Maine recognizes five support types
General, transitional, reimbursement, nominal, and interim support serve different purposes.
General support is presumptively unavailable under ten years; for marriages from ten through twenty years, a term beyond half the marriage is presumptively unavailable.
Identify the support purpose first
Then organize evidence around income potential, health, training, property, economic conduct, standard of living, and ability to pay.
What this estimate includes
- All support types
- Duration presumptions
- Statutory factor framework
What it leaves out
- Fabricated award
- Outcome prediction
Maine spousal-support framework FAQs
Can short marriages receive general support?
The presumption is against general support under ten years, but it can be rebutted as inequitable or unjust.
What is transitional support?
It addresses short-term financial dislocation or workforce reentry.
What is reimbursement support?
It addresses exceptional equitable circumstances not fully resolved through property distribution.
Is there a statewide dollar formula?
No.
Can support be nominal?
Yes, to preserve future authority.
Does economic abuse matter?
Yes, it is an express consideration.
Official sources
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- 19-A M.R.S. § 951-A — spousal support
Maine Legislature Last checked
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