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Spousal maintenance is when one party to a broken down relationship is legally required to provide financial support to (or ‘maintain’) the other for a period of time after their relationship ends.
“Direct financial contributions†are essentially any lump sum of money received during the relationship, such as worker’s compensation, inheritance and lottery winnings. As a basic rule, if you received a lump sum of money during the relationship then this will be Lump sum after separationconsidered your ‘contribution’.