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Spousal maintenance

Spousal maintenance: an uncertain improvement is insufficient

Supreme Court · Civil Chamber · STS 622/2022
· Note published and reviewed: 2026-10-27

The issue and the court’s approach

The Supreme Court rejected ending maintenance upon property liquidation without a sufficiently supported forecast that the imbalance would disappear. Age, lack of qualifications and long family dedication mattered.

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Supreme Court · Civil Chamber · STS 622/2022 · 2022-09-26

This is an original explanatory note. The cited material is official supreme court summary / chronicle. Where a summary or study is cited, this note does not claim a full-text review of the judgment.

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General information on Spanish law. Application depends on the facts, applicable legislation and subsequent developments. English text is explanatory, not an official translation.

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