WHAT WE BELIEVE REGARDING ALIMONY REFORM
To achieve a constitutionally acceptable reform of alimony laws,
Florida Alimony Reform believes that the process of dissolution is
placing undue burdens on Floridians who simply wish to change their
fundamental constitutional right of association and exercise their
fundamental constitutional right of privacy by altering their marital
status when they dissolve their marriage. Accordingly:
- Floridians must be able to end their marriage with a well defined goal of minimal intrusion by the state and
that the intrusion has a well defined and reasonable time limit.
- Alimony statutes must be reformed to be duration limited so that they are in accordance with other statute
mandated entitlements such as child support, welfare, and unemployment compensation.
- All references to marital lifestyle and marital contribution must be removed from alimony statutes to ensure
both parties receive equal protection under the law.
- 50/50 distribution of all marital assets and liabilities must be mandatory and apart from any transitional
alimony award.
- Alimony must not be calculated or used to supplement a child support order.
- Unbridled judicial discretion must be removed from alimony statutes.
- The judiciary is a constitutional mandate to protect citizens from the legislative and executive branches
of government. Therefore, the adversarial aspect of alimony must be removed to eliminate the
profit motive.
- Citizens seeking to dissolve their marriage are not victims of each other.
Permanent Alimony 
