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Indiana courts can only award maintenance in three situations: (1) the recipient has a physical or mental incapacity that prevents adequate self-support; (2) the recipient must remain home to care for a child of the marriage who has a physical or mental incapacity; or (3) rehabilitative maintenance where the spouse lacked education or training to achieve an adequate standard of living during the marriage (limited to 3 years).

Rehabilitative maintenance is capped at 3 years from the date of the final decree. Maintenance for physical/mental incapacity of the recipient or caregiver role has no statutory duration but is tied to the continued existence of the qualifying condition — it ends when the incapacity is resolved or the child no longer needs the caregiver.

Yes. The statutory restrictions apply only to court-ordered maintenance. Spouses can contractually agree to alimony of any amount and duration as part of their property settlement agreement. Such agreements are enforceable as contracts, not subject to the §31-15-7-2 limits.

Indiana historically favored a clean-break approach to divorce where the property division resolves financial disparities. The legislature treats maintenance as the exception rather than the rule, preferring that the equitable distribution of marital property address each spouse's needs rather than ongoing support payments.