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Spousal maintenance: narrow gates, real ceilings
Texas maintenance requires lacking sufficient property for minimum reasonable needs PLUS a qualifying path — a family-violence conviction window, an incapacitating disability, a ten-year marriage with insufficient earning ability, or care of a disabled child. Duration ceilings run 5/7/10 years by marriage length, and monthly amounts cap at the lesser of $5,000 or 20% of average gross income.
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These are the statute's conditions and ceilings, not an eligibility answer — courts decide need and amount.
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