Maintenance And Property

The court makes a just and equitable division of the marital property without regard to marital misconduct, considering the length of the marriage, each spouse's age, health, income, skills, needs and opportunities, and each one's contribution to the property, including as a homemaker. Each spouse is conclusively presumed to have contributed substantially while they lived together.

• §Minn. Stat. 518.58

The court may order maintenance for a spouse who lacks enough property to meet reasonable needs given the standard of living during the marriage, cannot provide adequate self-support, or is the custodian of a child whose circumstances make it appropriate not to seek outside work.

• §Minn. Stat. 518.552

Maintenance may be transitional or indefinite, in amounts the court finds just without regard to misconduct, weighing the requesting spouse's resources, the time needed for education or training, the standard of living, and the marriage's length and the opportunities given up for it.

• §Minn. Stat. 518.552