maintenance in gross

A fixed amount of money to be paid upon divorce by one former spouse to the other, in a lump sum or in installments.

• Typically, the total amount is unmodifiable regardless of any change in either person’s circumstances. [Cases: Divorce 241. C.J.S. Divorce §§ 395–397.]

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