separate maintenance

Money paid by one married person to another for support if they are no longer living together as husband and wife.

• This type of maintenance is often mandated by a court order. An action for separate maintenance is not maintainable after the entry of a divorce decree.

— Also termed separate support. [Cases: Husband and Wife 232.]

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