5 Minnesota opinions name it 1 courts 2015–2026 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Minnesota courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Marriage of Lyon v. Lyongreen2 sentences2026Minn. Stat. § 518.552 , subd. 1 (2024); see Lyon v. Lyon, 439 N.W.2d 18, 22 (Minn. 1989) (stating that an award of spousal maintenance requires a showing of need). 2025Minn. Stat. § 518.552 , subd. 1 (2022); see also Lyon v. Lyon, 439 N.W.2d 18, 22 (Minn. 1989) (stating that award of spousal maintenance requires showing of need). | 2 | 2 |
Youker v. Youkergreen1 sentence2017“After the district court issues a spousal-maintenance award, it has broad discretion to determine whether to later modify that award.” Youker v. Youker, 661 N.W.2d 266, 269 (Minn. App. 2003), review denied (Minn. Aug. 5, 2003). | 1 | 1 |
Marriage of Rutten v. Ruttengreen1 sentence2015“There must be a clearly erroneous conclusion that is against logic and the facts on record before [an appellate] court will find that the [district] court abused its discretion.” Rutten v. Rutten, 347 N.W.2d 47, 50 (Minn. 1984). 7 A district court may grant spousal maintenance to either spouse if the court finds that the spouse seeking maintenance either (a) lacks sufficient property, including marital property apportioned to the spouse, to provide for reasonable needs of the spouse considering the standard of living established during the marriage, especially, but not limited to, a period of | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Minnesota. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Marriage of Nardini v. Nardini
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1 sentence2015Any “doubts with respect to duration [of spousal maintenance] are to be resolved in favor of permanency.” Nardini, 414 N.W.2d at 196 . | 1 | 2015–2015 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.