13.20.100 Spousal support.
(a) Necessary Findings. In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or a declaration of invalidity, the Tribal Court may grant a maintenance order for either party only if it finds that the party seeking support:
(1) Lacks sufficient property, including property apportioned to him or her, to provide for his or her reasonable needs; or
(2) Is unable to support himself or herself through appropriate employment or is the custodian of a child whose age or condition is such that the custodian should not be required to seek employment outside the home.
(b) Determination of Amount. The support order shall be in such amounts and for such periods of time as the Court deems just, without regard to marital misconduct, and after considering all relevant factors, including:
(1) The financial resources of the party seeking support, including marital property apportioned to him or her and their ability to meet their reasonable needs independently;
(2) The time necessary to acquire sufficient education or training to enable the party seeking support to find appropriate employment;
(3) The standard of living established during the marriage;
(4) The education of one party during the marriage;
(5) The duration of the marriage;
(6) The age and physical and emotional condition of the party seeking support;
(7) The ability of the party from whom support is sought to meet his or her needs while meeting those of the spouse seeking support; and
(8) Excessive or abnormal expenditures, destruction, concealment or fraudulent disposition of community, joint tenancy and other property held in common.
(c) Modification or Termination. The provisions of any decree respecting spousal support may be modified only as to installments accruing subsequent to the motion for modification, unless the obligee failed to honestly disclose their actual unmet needs, and only upon a showing of changed circumstances that are substantial and continuing. Unless otherwise agreed in writing or expressly provided in the decree, the obligation to pay future spousal support is terminated upon the death of either party or the remarriage of the party receiving support. [Ord. 50 § 4.10, adopted, 3/23/2017.]