Category Archives: Alimony
What Events Can Terminate Alimony Payments?
In some divorces, a higher earning or more financially stable spouse will be required to make what are known as alimony payments to his or her former partner once the divorce is finalized. Because permanent alimony was recently abolished in Florida, courts are no longer permitted to award lifelong alimony upon divorce. Instead, courts… Read More »
How Your Marital Standard of Living Could Affect Your Divorce
Divorce comes with a lot of changes for the parties involved. One of the biggest is often a reduction in income for each member of the family, as both spouses extricate themselves from each other’s finances. This can often leave the lesser earning spouse concerned about how they will make ends meet or whether… Read More »
Alimony Can Give a Person Enough Time to Become Self-Supporting
Financial issues often end up being the most complicated issues faced by divorcing couples. This is especially true for those who earn significantly less than a soon-to-be former spouse. Fortunately, there are certain types of alimony, including bridge-the-gap and rehabilitative alimony, that were specifically designed to help a lesser earning spouse become self-supporting. Read… Read More »
Calculating Durational Alimony Under the New Florida Alimony Law
This year, Florida lawmakers passed a sweeping alimony reform law that officially went into effect in July. Besides abolishing permanent alimony, the new law also modified the formula used for calculating durational alimony and placed significant limits on the duration and amounts of those awards. Read on to learn more about the ins and… Read More »
Alimony Reform in Florida
For many years, Florida lawmakers have been attempting to do away with permanent alimony. These attempts were finally successful at the end of June, when Governor DeSantis signed this year’s alimony reform bill into law. The terms of the law will have a significant impact on alimony wards moving forward, as its terms apply… Read More »
It May be Time to Modify Your Alimony Arrangement
Many divorce-related decrees can feel like they are set in stone. While it’s true that court orders are legally binding, they can in some cases be changed. Read on to learn more about modifying an alimony award in Florida. When is a Modification of Alimony Justified? Alimony awards require a divorced party to provide… Read More »
How Cohabitation Affects Alimony
Alimony awards are granted in Florida divorces where one spouse has a need for financial assistance and the other has the ability to pay. These awards take the form of lump sum or periodic (usually monthly) payments and are made for a set duration of time. It is, however, possible to reduce or terminate… Read More »
What Is Lump-Sum Alimony?
When couples get divorced, they have to deal with a number of different issues before a court will actually legally end their marriage, one of which is alimony. Alimony, or spousal maintenance, is a type of financial award, in which one former spouse makes payments to a lesser earning spouse upon divorce. The amount,… Read More »
I Was Awarded Durational Alimony – What Does That Mean?
There are a number of different types of alimony that courts can award during divorce in Florida, each of which is aimed at filling a specific need. Permanent alimony, for instance, is usually only awarded following the end of a marriage that lasted more than 17 years, where one of the parties is unable… Read More »
Florida Governor Vetoes Alimony Reform Bill
Recently, Governor Ron DeSantis defied attempts to overhaul Florida’s alimony laws by vetoing a reform package that was passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The governor’s veto marks the third time that attempts to reform the alimony system in Florida have failed in the last ten years. If passed, the… Read More »
