Tag Archives: Boca Raton Family Attorneys
Tax-Deductible Alimony Payments: How to Ensure Yours Are Deducted
Not all alimony payments qualify for federal tax deductions, but many do. If ensuring your alimony payments are tax-deductible is important to you, you must comply with the IRS requirements. There are seven specific IRS requirements imposed on alimony payments to ensure that they are tax-deductible, listed below: Payments must be made in cash… Read More »
How Child Support Payments are Enforced in Florida
The state of Florida has comparatively strict laws requiring the payment of court-ordered child support. To enforce payment, courts use a wide variety of mechanisms. Whether you are concerned about an ex-spouse’s failure to pay as ordered or you are the noncustodial payer, it is important to understand how child support is enforced and… Read More »
The Basics of Annulment: Do I Qualify?
Most people are aware that if one wants to leave a marriage, divorce is the way to do it. But in the state of Florida, some marriage situations can be ended by annulment. A divorce ends a marriage that, up until divorce, was previously perfectly valid. But an annulment declares that what seemed to… Read More »
Should You Sign a Prenup? What to Consider
The question of whether or not a couple should enter into a prenuptial agreement (popularly known as a prenup) is a personal and sensitive decision. There are some schools of thought that encourage every single couple to sign a prenup. But if you’re wondering whether or not a prenup would be right for you… Read More »
New Florida Alimony Bill Submitted to Legislature
Details of a bill seeking to revise Florida’s alimony laws finally became known last month when Rep. Colleen Burton (R)-Lakeland, submitted HB 943 to the House of Representatives. Among other changes, the bill, if passed as submitted, would alter the court’s determination of the amount and duration of an award of spousal support. Florida… Read More »
Florida Legislators Mull Alimony Overhaul
Florida lawmakers are again trying to change the way courts award alimony, the second attempt in three years. Florida Alimony Law Florida law currently provides several different types of alimony, also known as spousal support. The type of alimony awarded depends upon the specific need of the party receiving the payments. Permanent alimony. Permanent… Read More »
