Indiana Spousal Maintenance Calculator
Indiana is one of the most limited maintenance states. The real first question is not “what percentage applies,” but whether your facts fit one of the few maintenance categories Indiana law still allows.
Start With Three Indiana Questions
Indiana maintenance analysis usually gets cleaner when you screen for the category first and worry about amount second.
Is incapacity the issue?
If a spouse’s physical or mental incapacity materially affects self-support, Indiana may allow maintenance.
Is caregiving the issue?
Indiana separately looks at spouses who must forego employment to care for an incapacitated child.
Is retraining the issue?
Rehabilitative maintenance is the category most people are actually asking about, but it still stays temporary.
Next Steps in Indiana
Keep visitors inside the same Indiana cluster with the most relevant next steps.
Review the broader Indiana legal framework behind the support rules.
Review the guideline rules, tables, and core legal standards for this state.
Follow the filing path when you need to open or respond to a support case.
Indiana maintenance categories
Incapacity maintenance
Indiana may award maintenance when a spouse is physically or mentally incapacitated and that condition materially affects the ability to support themselves.
Caregiver maintenance
Indiana may also award maintenance when a spouse must forego employment to care for an incapacitated child and lacks enough property to meet current needs.
Rehabilitative maintenance
This is Indiana’s best-known category. It focuses on education or training after career interruption, but the statute caps it at three years from the final decree.
Bring Evidence for Category, Duration, and Need
In Indiana, maintenance fights often turn on whether the statutory category exists at all, then on the quality of evidence about ability to work, retraining cost, and household disruption.
Open the broader Indiana guideFrequently Asked Questions
Does Indiana use a standard alimony formula?
No. Indiana does not have a broad statewide alimony formula. The court starts with whether one of the statutory maintenance categories exists at all.
How long can Indiana rehabilitative maintenance last?
Indiana’s statute caps rehabilitative maintenance at no more than three years from the date of the final decree.
What evidence matters most?
For rehabilitative maintenance, the court looks closely at education, career interruption, current earning ability, and the time and expense needed for training. For the other categories, incapacity and caregiving proof matter most.
Why does this page work better as a guide than a one-number calculator?
Because Indiana maintenance is narrow and discretionary. The more useful question is whether you fit one of the allowed categories and what evidence supports that request.
Official Indiana maintenance sources
This page is educational and not a case prediction. Need an Indiana child support calculator or official Indiana child support worksheet instead? Open the Indiana child support guide.