Quick answer: Indiana allows spousal maintenance in only three situations, set out in Indiana Code 31-15-7-2, and has no formula. (1) A spouse who is physically or mentally incapacitated to the extent that his or her ability to self-support is materially affected may receive maintenance during the period of incapacity, subject to further order of the court. (2) A spouse who lacks sufficient property, including marital property apportioned to the spouse, and is the custodian of a child whose physical or mental incapacity requires the custodian to forgo employment may receive maintenance in an amount and for a time the court considers appropriate. (3) A spouse may receive rehabilitative maintenance after the court considers education, interruptions for homemaking or child care, earning capacity and the time and expense of training, for a period the court considers appropriate but not more than three years from the date of the final decree.
What this calculator shows
The calculator asks which ground applies, then builds a monthly ceiling from needs and ability to pay and shows the duration the statute allows. It does not predict an award. The grounds are in the three grounds, rehabilitative maintenance in rehabilitative maintenance and changing an order in modifying maintenance.
Property, child support and maintenance
Indiana divides all marital property starting from an equal split, and the marital property apportioned to a spouse counts when the court decides whether that spouse can meet his or her own needs. See the Indiana property division calculator and the Indiana child support calculator.
Maintenance across Indiana
The statute applies in every Indiana court, from Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Evansville, South Bend, Carmel or Fishers. Maintenance on the incapacity ground is subject to further order of the court, and a petition to modify or revoke needs a substantial and continuing change in circumstances.
Frequently asked questions
Does Indiana award alimony?
Only as spousal maintenance in three situations under Indiana Code 31-15-7-2: incapacity, caring for an incapacitated child, or rehabilitation.
How long does rehabilitative maintenance last in Indiana?
For an amount and period the court considers appropriate, but not more than three years from the date of the final decree.
Is there an Indiana alimony formula?
No. The statute leaves the amount and period to the court within the three grounds.
Can Indiana maintenance be modified?
Yes, but only on changed circumstances so substantial and continuing as to make the terms unreasonable, or on the child support condition in Indiana Code 31-15-7-3.
Does property division affect Indiana maintenance?
Yes. The caregiver ground requires a lack of sufficient property, including marital property apportioned to the spouse.