The award of temporary maintenance was properly based upon the statutory factors (Domestic Relations Law § 236 [B] [6]), taking into account plaintiff's reasonable needs, defendant's financial ability, the parties' prior lavish standard of living, and the great discrepancy between their financial positions (see, Baker v Baker,
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