Rainwater v. Rainwater

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing a transition toward independence is one goal of spousal maintenance but the court must also consider whether an indefinite award is appropriate when self-sufficiency is unlikely
• explaining the superior court “need not apply every factor,” only those that are applicable on a “case-by- case” basis
• addressing an indefinite award of spousal maintenance as an order made “until death or remarriage”
• \Arizona law extends the trial court substantial discretion to set the amount and duration of spousal maintenance.\
• the trial court not only offset wife’s present earnings but also, in anticipation of a coming increase in her earning capacity, provided for a lowering of maintenance after passage of sufficient time to achieve college degree

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).