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  • Following Veto by Governor Scott, New Divorce Reform Legislation Is Likely

    Attempts by the Florida legislature to make significant changes to the divorce process have been vetoed by Governor Rick Scott. The bill would have set standardized rules for alimony and created a presumption that children should spend equal time with each parent. As has happened after similar failed attempts in the past, legislators will now begin working to craft new divorce reform legislation ...
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  • Infidelity and Alimony: The Financial Effects of Cheating

    Florida is a no-fault divorce state. That means that someone seeking a divorce does not need to prove that their spouse cheated or did anything wrong. In order to be granted a divorce, it simply needs to be shown that the marriage is "irretrievably broken." While infidelity no longer needs to be proved to end a marriage, it can still play an important part in the divorce process because it is ...
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  • Changes Could Be Coming Soon to Florida Divorce Laws

    Florida’s divorce laws could be in for some major changes if legislators get their way. The bills, if passed, would primarily focus on the areas of alimony, child support and timesharing. A series of bills sponsored by Rep. Collen Burton (R) in the House and Senators Tom Lee (R) and Kelli Stargel (R) in the Senate are currently working their way through the Florida legislature. The largest change ...
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  • Is it Possible to Garnish Social Security Benefits for Alimony?

    Alimony, like child support, is meant to provide you with the financial assistance you need to maintain your quality of life after a divorce. However, much like child support, it can be common for the payer to fall behind with or simply stop making payments. When this happens, there are a variety of ways you can enforce your right to receive the money you are owed, including the garnishment of ...
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  • Understanding the Different Types of Alimony in Florida

    Under Florida law, there are five different types of alimony (also known as spousal support). Judges choose the type of alimony based on what’s most fair for both parties under the circumstances of the divorce. The type of payment plan (lump sum or periodic) may also vary based on the type of alimony and the financial situation of each party. The five different types of alimony in Florida are: ...
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  • Modifying Alimony Payments Based on Changes in Circumstances

    Alimony is money paid from one former spouse to the other following a divorce, typically when the receiving spouse will face financial hardships after the divorce is complete. Some believe that spousal support is necessary when one spouse has provided emotional or familial support, to the detriment of his or her career. Others argue that permanent alimony should be eliminated, and in fact some ...
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  • What You Need to Know About Garnishing Social Security for Alimony

    When a couple gets divorced, it’s sometimes necessary for one former partner to provide the other with regular support payments, known as alimony or spousal support. This is often the case when one party is substantially better off financially than the other. In most situations, this arrangement is temporary and meant to provide the recipients with the resources they need to obtain education or ...
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  • What Factors Determine Alimony in Florida?

    When a couple gets a divorce, there are numerous decisions they need to make while creating their divorce decree. These decisions include issues of property division, child custody and spousal support. Spousal support, or alimony, is a type of support paid by one spouse to another to assist with financial inequalities. It may be paid on a temporary or even permanent basis. Alimony is not automatic ...
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  • Alimony Obligations if Your Former Partner Remarries

    A divorce essentially means an end to the union between two spouses, but it does not necessarily mean that obligations between the two parties dissolve once the divorce is finalized. In fact, in many cases, one of the spouses may be required to provide the other with spousal support (or alimony) for a certain period of time. Alimony is designed to offer financial assistance to a spouse who is not ...
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  • The Many Shades of Alimony in Florida

    Ideally, when a couple divorces, both spouses are able to walk away from the marriage financial independent and able to strike out on their own. However, occasionally the divorce will leave one spouse in a poor financial condition and the other will be required to provide some degree of support for that spouse. Known as alimony, this support can be temporary or may even be set up as a permanent ...
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  • Recent Movement on Florida Alimony Reform

    Alimony is an aspect of divorce that is often subject to the fiercest fighting and can generate continuing controversy even years after the matter is supposedly settled. In many states, alimony, also known as maintenance, has become increasingly rare as laws have been adapted to reflect a modern social structure where spouses are more likely to be equal financial contributors in the marriage. ...
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  • Requesting an Alimony Modification

    In the years after divorce, former spouses’ circumstances may change, rendering alimony arrangements unfair or unsuitable. In Florida, it is unacceptable to terminate or modify alimony payments without the permission of a court. However, it is possible to request an alimony modification from the court. Under Florida law, a request for alimony modification may be granted when either party can ...
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  • Got a Roommate? Better Watch Your Alimony

    If you are receiving alimony and are living with your boyfriend or girlfriend, you might want to think again. Cohabitation can be grounds for terminating alimony under Florida law. In Florida, when an alimony recipient resides with another person to whom the recipient is not related and there is evidence of a supportive relationship , alimony can be terminated. To determine whether there is a ...
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  • Show Me the Money!

    You may remember that famous line from the movie Jerry Maguire . That saying is also applicable in divorce proceedings, because spouses in a divorce are required to show the other spouse all of their sources of income and assets in a process known as financial discovery. So, “show me the money” is on target. In a divorce case, parties are required to produce evidence as to their own income, assets ...
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  • The Four Types of Florida Alimony

    Every state decides how to treat the issue of alimony after a divorce. Under Florida law, there are four types of alimony: Bridge-the-gap Rehabilitative Durational Permanent Bridge-the-gap alimony helps the receiving spouse transition from married to single life by providing for short-term needs such as money for food and rent. Bridge-the-gap alimony cannot last for more than two years, ...
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