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Representative Travis Hutson is from District 24 (R- Volusia and Putnam Counties). You can view his info at the following link:
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• Support self-sufficiency and independence for the lower-earning spouse through alimony payments that continue during a transition period, which lasts more than a decade in long-term marriages;
• Maintain appropriate judicial discretion to fairly judge unique circumstances where the lower-earning spouse is physically or mentally unable to work to gain self-sufficiency, continuing alimony payments in special cases, and only until no longer needed;
• End lifelong alimony dependency, allowing each party of the divorce to move-on with independent lives;
• Obtain retirement rights for alimony payers, the same rights enjoyed by all other citizens;
• Protect second spouses from current case law, which requires judges to fully investigate second-spouses' income and assets and then force the alimony payer to pay an increased amount of alimony to a first spouse based now on a new “family income,” or face jail.
• End expensive legal battles over vague alimony laws and interpretations; and
• Provide equal and consistent treatment, where the outcome of a alimony case is not decided by the Russian Roulette selection of the family court judge.
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:
(1). 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.
(2). 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.
(3). There will be a rubuttable presumption that the standard of living after a divorce will be lower than what was had during the marriage to ensure both parties receive equal protection under the law.
(4). That an equitable division of assets occur with a propensity to achieve as close to a 50/50 distribution of all marital assets and liabilities as possible, apart from any transitional alimony award, unless exceptional circumstances occur.
(5). Alimony must not be calculated or used to supplement a child support order.
(6). Unbridled judicial discretion must be removed from alimony statutes.
(7). 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.
(8). Citizens seeking to dissolve their marriage are not victims of each other.
(9). Reaching a reasonable retirement age and retiring from one’s profession will eliminate any future alimony obligation unless exceptional circumstances occur.
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The laws governing divorce and shared parenting in the State of Florida need to be separated from Title IV Social security, under the Welfare Act as they support the court dysfunction. Court will act in their own behalf to receive the Title IV monies under the color of LAW. They will create, in essence, indentured obligors with in the family courts. The obligors continually receive increases in alimony and child support obligations until they can earn the court ordered supports. Many men have committed suicide over the court refusal to adjust support awards to the downside. Change the Florida Family Court Laws NOW.
It is time to look at the outdated and unfair practices how many alimony cases are handled these days.
In most cases, the alimony ways and means are no longer executed to protect the disadvantaged or incapable. Many professional, career men and women are stuck paying excessive amounts of alimony for many years to former spouses who personally chose not to pursue a career, skill, or any self sustaining activity during the marriage. Instead, those ex-spouses chose self serving and self centered activities for most of the marriage.
In the aftermath of the divorce, the established, assumed breadwinner must go to work each day to maintain a high level of income to support the former spouse. Meanwhile, as in my case, the ex-spouse enjoys a six figure annual income, half of the assets obtained over the past 20 years of my career including part of my 401k, the house I paid off over the marriage and money for child support.
When is a divorce what it is supposed to be? A separation and split of two adults that no longer wish to share a life together. I understand and acknowledge the continued responsibilities these 2 adults must share in relation to parenting. However, when it comes down to the 2 adults’ lives, why must one person continue to essentially live the other person’s life (i.e. enable) in relation to finances, lifestyle, and disposition? They are grown adults who do not suffer from any sort of handicap or disadvantage. They chose to be the way they are and chose not to do anything about it.
Personal responsibility and accountability have to be a significant factor in relation to divorce and alimony. Currently, whomever is the most responsible and accountable in their daily lives appears to be the person that bears ALL of the financial responsibility and accountability. This has to change.