Arizona Spousal Maintenance
Five gates in, a guidelines instrument out
A court MAY award maintenance when the seeking spouse satisfies any one of § 25-319(A)'s five gates — then the Supreme Court's guidelines govern amount and duration unless the court makes a written inappropriate-or-unjust finding. Mark what's true; the spotter quotes which gates open.
What the statute says about those facts
Mark what's true on the left — the spotter reports which of the five gates those facts could open, quoting each gate's own condition.
The guidelines instrument
Arizona Spousal Maintenance Guidelines (Arizona Supreme Court)
"The supreme court shall establish guidelines for determining and awarding spousal maintenance" (§ 25-319(B)) — courts apply them unless a WRITTEN finding that application would be inappropriate or unjust.
Revised guidelines adopted by the Arizona Supreme Court on May 28, 2025 (verified live on the Judicial Branch Self-Service Center, 2026-07-17) — re-resolve the current instrument from the official page before relying on any edition-specific figure.
The guidelines' calculation tables have not been byte-verified into this platform's corpus — no maintenance amount or duration renders here until they are. Unverified numbers do not render on this platform.
Authority locked — retrieved from the hash-pinned corpus
A gate open is permission, not a promise. Any single open gate permits — never requires — an award, and the court's findings under the guidelines instrument control the rest. Legal information, not legal advice.