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 ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a measure that will overhaul the state’s alimony laws, after three vetoes of similar bills and a decade of emotional clashes over the issue. The measure (SB 1416) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Four bills and a decade of emotional clashes later, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new Florida law that will overhaul the state’s alimony laws, including ending what is known as 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

After years of wrangling, lawmakers are poised to approve an alimony overhaul that would do away with permanent alimony and change the way judges decide how much time children should spend with their ...