If a court finds that your spouse really cannot meet his or her reasonable needs through his or her own efforts, then you could be ordered to pay spousal support.  This is fact dependent on the division of retirement savings in your divorce and whether it or other property was used to address your spouse’s financial needs.  The ability to divide retirement can also affect the court’s determination to order spousal maintenance.  For example, if you are receiving VA benefits instead of military retired pay that could normally be divided or receive a monthly payment from the Public School Retirement System (PSRS) that is considered separate property by law, and your spouse has no retirement and was not working outside of the marital home, then spousal support may be awarded by the court even though you are retired.