Paying alimony for life soon could be dead in Florida, if the state Legislature approves radical reforms this year. This would be the second such attempt to do away with an alimony system that some ...

Two previous attempts ended in vetoes, but a new bill setting a formula and range for alimony is heading to the Florida Legislature, writes attorney Jeffrey A. Weissman. We've just endured a ...

Does the end of permanent alimony in Florida matter for same-sex couples? It depends. Floridians may finally be saying goodbye to permanent alimony just as some same-sex couples are approaching the ...

The Florida legislature recently revamped Florida’s alimony statute, Fla. Stat. 61.08. The new law took effect July 1, 2023. It makes broad changes regarding various aspects of alimony, including the ...

TALLAHASSEE Florida lawmakers sent Gov. Rick Scott a bill Thursday that would drastically overhaul the state’s alimony laws, reforming payments that opponents say have been critical to ex-spouses – ...

More than five years ago Camille Fiveash divorced her former husband. The Milton resident had spent the last 30 years being a stay at home mom and now had to face going back into the work force. "It's ...

Elisa Del Rey is a mother and a teacher in her late 40s. Every month, she barely scrapes by after accounting for her children’s needs. Not because of low teacher pay, or the high cost of childcare or ...

Florida could become one of the first states in the country to overhaul the alimony system by ending life-long payments and allowing judges to change existing deals -- if Gov. Rick Scott signs the ...

Bills that would eliminate permanent alimony in Florida and lift spouses from financial “life sentences” are moving their way through the House and Senate. Bills that would eliminate permanent alimony ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Rick Scott vetoed a bill late Wednesday that would have ended permanent alimony in Florida. Scott vetoed the measure (SB 718) just four hours before the midnight deadline to ...

State Rep. Alex Andrade is shepherding a controversial bill that would end permanent alimony and change child custody law. Two previous versions of the bill have passed the Legislature before in 2013 ...