Florida Alimony Reform

Our Primary Legislative Goals Amend the Florida alimony laws so judges have clear guidelines that:

• 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 wives from current case law, which requires judges to fully investigate second-wives' income and assets and then force the second wives to pay alimony to their husband's non-working or under-employed first wife, 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.