Rochester’s court system uses a formula to calculate pendente lite maintenance payments. For step one, the court subtracts 20 percent of the petitioner’s income from 30 percent of the potential payer’s income.
For step two, the court multiplies each side’s income by 40 percent. Then, the court subtracts the income of the spouse who is petitioning for temporary relief.
Finally, the court looks at the figures from step one and step two. The lower amount will be awarded to the petitioner for temporary maintenance.