After a judge finalizes a divorce and issues court orders, the family's lives continue to evolve, and circumstances may change. With that in mind, Florida law allows for modifications to alimony, child support and timesharing plans. At the same time, the law does not...
When going through a divorce, asset division often serves as one of the biggest, most time-consuming and complex parts of the process. Of course, even if everything goes well, it will still take a lot of effort and time. It will often take even longer if you suspect...
Florida law allows for a few different types of alimony awards. The type of support in your situation depends on a variety of factors, including need and the length of your marriage. The Florida Statutes explains rehabilitative alimony is for situations where one...
Divorce can be a particularly frightening prospect if you have been out of the workforce for many years. Though willing to work to support yourself and your children, you may lack the necessary skills and credentials to earn enough to meet your obligations. There are...
Putting a spousal support agreement in place, unfortunately, does not ensure that your spouse will abide by the agreement and continue to pay alimony to you. Some paying spouses look for ways to get out of their support obligation. In some cases, paying spouses file...
Alimony, also called spousal support, is a thorny issue in Florida. In the last several years, there's been a concentrated push to revise the rules in ways that would sharply limit the kind of alimony that dependent spouses are entitled to receive. In addition,...
The issue of "permanent" alimony has been a contentious one in Florida for several years now -- and the legal wrangling isn't likely to abate any time soon.Many divorcing couples don't fully understand how alimony works. That can put a dependent spouse in a precarious...
It's difficult to put a price on a human life in the process of calculating financial damages in a wrongful death lawsuit. Likewise, it is hard to quantify the value of years spent in a marriage that is ending. This is why alimony is not designed as compensation but...
Divorce can be a nasty business, and that does not include the emotional problems that are often intertwined with the end of a marriage. The seemingly simple procedures of adding someone to a bank account or health insurance is a lot harder and more expensive to...
Divorce is a difficult prospect even when people have enough resources to share. In fact, divorces that involve more finances and assets may end up being the most contentious. When a marriage feels less like a contract based on love and more like a custody order, it...