What are the laws in New York regarding spousal support?
According to New York law, either spouse may be awarded maintenance, without regard to marital fault, based on consideration of the following factors: • income and property of the spouses, including any marital property divided as a result of the dissolution of marriage; • any transfer of property made in anticipation of divorce; • duration of the marriage; • wasteful dissipation of marital property; • contribution of each spouse to the marriage and the career of the other spouse, including services rendered in homemaking, childcare, education, and career-building of the other spouse; • tax consequences to each spouse; • any custodial and child support responsibilities; • ability of the spouse seeking support to become self-supporting and the time and training necessary; • any reduced lifetime earning capacity as the result of having foregone or delayed education, training, employment, or career opportunities during the marriage; • whether the spouse from whom maintenance is sought has
