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Income Withholding Order

June 17, 2012/0 Comments/in Divorce, Child Support, Money & Property //Tags: 13th Judicial Circuit, alimony, arrearages, bridge-the-gap alimony, child support, durational alimony, Florida alimony, Florida alimony laws, government, Hillsborough County, income deduction order, income withholding order, long term alimony, lump sum alimony, permanent periodic alimony, rehabilitative alimony, spousal support, support unconnected with dissolution of marriage, Tampa, Tampa Bay Family Law Attorney, temporary alimonyby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-Law

For quite some time, Florida has permitted child support and alimony payments to be deducted directly from a person’s paycheck. This had been done through an income deduction order authorized by section 61.1301 of the Florida Statutes.

Recently, the federal government mandated that OMB Form 0970-0154 (Income Withholding for Support Order) be used in place of state income deduction forms. Accordingly, Hillsborough County’s Thirteenth Judicial Circuit has published a packet which includes the federal Income Withholding Order along with the Florida Addendum to the federal order and a Payment Information Sheet.

If you have a matter involving Florida alimony or child support and you are looking to schedule a consultation with a Tampa Bay family law attorney, contact The Law Firm of Adam B. Cordover, P.A., at (813) 443-0615 or by filling out our online form.

Does Florida Have Alimony Guidelines?

June 6, 2012/1 Comment/in Florida Statutes, Alimony, Money & Property //Tags: alimony, bridge-the-gap alimony, child support, child support guidelines, durational alimony, Florida alimony, Florida alimony laws, long term alimony, permanent periodic alimony, rehabilitative alimony, temporary alimonyby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-Law

When judges and child support hearing officers determine what amount of child support a parent should pay, they have a formula to help guide them to a proper child support amount. These guidelines take into account each party’s income, the amount of time a child spends with each party, and the amount of money each party spends on healthcare and daycare for the child.

So does Florida have any similar guidelines to help a judge determine a proper amount of alimony?

Opposing Sides Brace for 2013 Florida Alimony Reform Legislative Battle

May 4, 2012/5 Comments/in Legislative Update //Tags: alimony, bridge-the-gap alimony, durational alimony, Florida alimony, Florida alimony laws, long term alimony, lump sum alimony, permanent periodic alimony, rehabilitative alimony, temporary alimonyby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-Law

As I recently relayed, the end of the 2012 Florida Legislative Session marked the death of alimony reform for the year. That is not to say that Florida alimony reform is dead forever.

The Florida Bar News is reporting that Alan Frischer, head of the the Florida Alimony Reform Group, is preparing once again to lobby for elimination of the concept of permanent alimony, among other things, in the 2013 legislative session. Florida Alimony Reform says that it simply wants parties to be able to move on with their lives following a divorce without the cord of permanent alimony tieing them together.

But Frischer is facing stiff resistance from the Florida Bar’s Family Law Section (full disclosure: I am a member of the Florida’ Bar’s Family Law Section). From the Florida Bar News:

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Income Withholding Order

Does Florida Have Alimony Guidelines?

Opposing Sides Brace for 2013 Florida Alimony Reform Legislative Battle

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