Maintenance Pendente Lite (During Court Proceedings)

During divorce or other court proceedings, if one spouse has no income, the court can order the other spouse to pay for living expenses and legal costs.

• Wife has no job and is fighting a divorce case. She can ask the court for maintenance during the proceedings.

Where in any proceeding, it appears that either the wife or the husband has no independent income sufficient for support, the court may order the respondent to pay maintenance.