Maintaince orders are only for a specific amount of time. Divorces are at least 6 months so I'm not sure they would of gotten as far as a judge issuing one.Everyone saying she need to save money is forgetting when they divorce, Ian is going to have to 'keep her in the manor to which she is accustomed' .. i.e. pay her every month...
Normally its issued for the house partner of very wealthy people. Or where the spouse have a very small income compared to the others massive income. If one leaves with nothing to their name kind of thing.
I don't think she has nothing.
Chances are, he bought her out of the house and has bought her the car to help her. Cause they are "such good mates" now.
But yeah, we don't have alamony here in the UK.