Termination of Maintenance
This section, which authorizes termination of a spouse’s maintenance award on grounds of cohabitation, similarly requires a court to deny the cohabiting spouse’s original request for maintenance if cohabitation is proven. In re Klein
Where respondent’s counsel conceded respondent was cohabiting, neither the trial court or the appellate court had to evaluate changes in recipient spouse’s need for support in order to determine whether respondent’s relationship amounted to cohabiting which justified denying her maintenance. In re Klein
A former spouse’s obligation to pay maintenance can be terminated by order of court whenever the recipient spouse has entered into a conjugal relationship with another person, whether by legal or other means. In re Nolen
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