The court will consider primarily the earning capacity & financial needs of the wife & husband.  The court generally make an order of maintenance in favour if the wife. The amount might be reduced if the wife is employed with reasonable income, as opposed to being a homemaker.  The court also will look at how much the spouses contributed towards the breakdown of the marriage. The wife may get a lower amount of maintenance if the wife had substantially caused the breakdown of the marriage.  Take note that the right to maintenance stops if the spouse is living in adultery or of he/she remarries (S.82 Law Reform (Marriage & Divorce) Act 1976)