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(Please refer various sections under maintenance for in-depth information)
- Along with the divorce petition, an application for maintenance cane be filed, if not a separate petition for maintenance can be filed in the jurisdictional family court
- It will be considered as an interlocutory application, if it is filed along with the divorce petition
- The orders passed will be interim in nature
- In this application, the spouse seeking maintenance should state their financial difficulty, house rent, monthly expenses for day-to-day necessities, school or college fees for child, any health related expenses, should be clearly mentioned
- Courts will take a call on how much to give and the interval, like monthly or lumpsum, etc.,
- If there are any dues, skipped payments, arrears, then they will have to be paid in addition to the payments of the succeeding months.
- It is advisable to maintain a dairy of accounts by the spouse receiving maintenance with proper accounts to claim any missed payments