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New Alimony Statute Effective July 1, 2011
On July 1, 2011, changes to section 61.08, Florida Statutes went into effect. This is the section of Chapter 61 that governs an award (or lack thereof) of Alimony. These small or "tweaking" changes narrow the circumstances under which permanent, periodic alimony will be awarded. The new portions of the Alimony Statute are found below, with the changes underlined: 61.08 Alimony.-- (2) In determining whether to award alimony or maintenance, the court shall first make a specific factual
Florida Divorce Lawyer Discusses Divorce and Social Security
The Los Angeles Times had an interesting article recently which explains the impact of divorce and remarriage on receipt of Social Security funds. Nearly 50 percent of marriages will end in divorce, and many retirees are not married because of divor
Florida Divorce Lawyer Discusses the Movement Towards Equal Timesharing
As archaic as it may sound, in the not too distant past - the preference was for the court to award primary child custody to the mother and "weekend visitation" to the the father. This model has been seriously eroded in the past 10 years or so, but s
