• the ability and time necessary to acquire sufficient education and training to enable the spouse to find appropriate employment, and that spouse's future earning capacity;

• the standard of living established during the marriage;

• the duration of the marriage;

• the financial resources of the spouse seeking maintenance, including marital property apportioned to such spouse and such spouse's ability to meet his or her needs independently;

• the contribution of each spouse to the marriage, including services rendered in homemaking, child care, education, and career building of the other spouse; 

• the tax consequences to each spouse; 

• the age of the spouses;

• the physical and emotional conditions of the spouses; 

• the educational level of each spouse at the time of the marriage and at the time the action for support was commenced; 

• the property of the spouses;

• the circumstances which contributed to the divorce; and

• any other factor the court deems just and equitable.

Permanent alimony or spousal support will not be awarded to a spouse who was at fault in a divorce granted on the grounds of adultery, unless such a denial of support would be unjust. 

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