Prior to recent developments, there was no easy way to calculate maintenance in a divorce. There was no formula to use, and maintenance was simply based on a variety of factors, such as length of the marriage, standard of living of the parties, employability of the receiving party, etc. However, Illinois has since developed a maintenance calculator that is meant to provide a guideline for attorneys and judges. It takes into account all of the factors that the court would usually consider in order to provide a projected maintenance amount. This is intended to assist attorneys and parties with negotiating settlement terms by offering estimates or guidelines. It is still relatively new so it is difficult to judge its effectiveness yet, but it hopefully can reduce the amount of litigation over maintenance and provide some stability to that area of divorce.
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