Alimony Reform in Florida takes another Step Forward

by mensdivorce | Apr 21, 2015 | Alimony

Alimony reform in Florida has taken another step forward! The Florida House Judiciary Committee has approved the Alimony Reform Bill HB 943 in a 12 to 3 vote. This vote concludes the committee hearings in the House and now there are two more Senate committees that...

Florida Alimony Laws

by mensdivorce | Dec 30, 2014 | Alimony

The Florida legislature has tabled alimony reform for the time being, most likely because of election-year politics, but the next session starts in January 2015. The 2013 reform bill that the legislature adopted angered many women’s groups, and Governor Rick Scott...

Florida and Minnesota Governors Veto Alimony Reform/Equal Parenting Bills

by mensdivorce | May 22, 2013 | Alimony, Divorce, Family Law, Uncategorized

For the second time in a year, a governor has vetoed an equal parenting bill. Last year it was Governor Mark Dayton of Minnesota who vetoed a bill that was 13 years in the making and that had finally gotten the approval of both houses of the state legislature. Now...

Gov. Scott Says Florida Alimony Reform Bill is ‘Retroactive’

by mensdivorce | May 2, 2013 | Alimony, Divorce, Family Law, Top News, Uncategorized

Governor Rick Scott on Wednesday night vetoed a bill that overhauled Florida’s alimony and child custody laws. In a two-page veto letter Scott said he couldn’t support the bill because it applies retroactively. Christine Jordan Sexton reports for the Tampa Bay...

Gov. Rick Scott Vetoes Florida Alimony Reform Bill

by mensdivorce | May 1, 2013 | Alimony, Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Top News, Uncategorized

Governor Rick Scott has vetoed a bill that would have ended permanent alimony in Florida. Central Florida News 13 reports. Scott vetoed the bill (SB 718) on Wednesday, May 1st — just four hours before the midnight deadline to approve or veto the bill. The bill...