MN HF4631

Creates presumption that courts should award temporary maintenance to qualifying spouses during dissolution or legal separation proceedings, with awards potentially effective from the proceeding's commencement date.

Establishes presumption that courts should award temporary costs and reasonable attorney fees to spouses lacking immediate access to sufficient income or assets, ensuring comparable resources for both parties to pay for litigation.

Adds new grounds for spousal maintenance eligibility when spouse is custodian of a child whose condition makes it inappropriate to require employment outside the home.

Restructures maintenance duration framework with rebuttable presumptions: no maintenance for marriages under 5 years; transitional maintenance (up to one-half marriage length) for 5-20 year marriages; and indefinite maintenance for marriages 20 years or longer.

Adds new factor in maintenance calculations regarding each spouse's need and ability to prepare for retirement and anticipated retirement timing.