Some clients come to us and say that they heard or read online that spousal support is not awarded in short-term marriages or that some Judges don’t order alimony for marriages under 10 years. This is some truth to this, but it is not completely accurate. The length of a marriage is one factor to consider in the second part of the maintenance test. Some Judges do in fact have unwritten rules about not ordering maintenance for shorter marriages. However, many other Judges are open to awarding maintenance for shorter marriages if the other factors indicate they should.