As a Jacksonville Divorce Attorney I am all to familiar with the topics discussed in Georgialee Lang’s article, 5 Support Arguments That Don’t Matter in Divorce Court. In the article, Ms. Lang lists and describes what she deems to be the five most common complaints in divorce cases. Ms. Lang…
When a family is going through a divorce it can be one of the toughest times in a person’s life. Concerns range from child support, alimony, and distribution of assets and liabilities. Many people find themselves so caught up in the emotion of their case that they can overlook very…
Florida recognizes Five types of Alimony, which include: Permanent Alimony provides for ongoing monthly payments until the death or remarriage of the recipient. Recent changes in the law allow modifications in cases of “cohabitation in a financially supportive relationship,” even without remarriage. Durational Alimony is awarded to provide the receiving…
Florida is a “no fault” divorce state, meaning that either spouse may seek a divorce without showing cause for the desired separation. The spouse seeking a divorce has the option to simply claim the marriage is “irretrievably broken.” Generally, Florida courts are not concerned with which party played the greater…
As a Jacksonville, Florida spousal support attorney, many of my cases involve paying spousal support also known as alimony or receiving alimony in Florida. There are several factors that the courts in Florida use to determine whether an award of alimony in Jacksonville, Florida can be granted. Alimony in Florida…
Tax day is right around the corner and as an Orange Park Family Law Attorney I tell my divorced clients that its important to be aware of the following things: • Child support is not deductable. • Child support is not income. • Single parents may be eligible for the…
An article titled, “Breaking up is hard to do because of the economy,” describes how many couples although wanting to file for divorce are stuck in their marriages because of financial woe’s. The article describes a couple who made the decision to end their marriage in the fall of 2008,…
A new North Dakota bill is getting a lot of attention in the North Dakota legislature, as it is proposing mandatory marriage counseling in all divorce cases. The drafters of the bill want all married couples, with the exemption of cases with substantiated allegations of domestic abuse, to wait one…
Alimony is a term referring to the payment of certain monies as a form of financial support. It is based on the common law right of a wife to be supported by her husband. However, in 1979 the U.S. Supreme Court removed alimony’s limitation to husbands, to account for cases…
As of July 1, 2010 the State of Florida made significant changes to its alimony laws. These changes will affect all divorce proceedings initiated after July 1 as well as those that were initiated prior to July 1 and are still unresolved. Durational alimony’s predecessor, permanent alimony, gave the Judge…