Thursday, June 10, 2010

CHANGES TO FLORIDA LAW FOR DIVORCES

The family law is in constant change. Over the past years there were dramatic changes in child custody now called parenting and variety of other issues. The recent updates that have happened withinin the last several months are as follows:

1. Eliminates the 25% reduction in childcare costs to be allocated between the parties to achieve a more fair result.

2. Removes the cliff effect that presently occurs for parenting plans that allow timesharing of 40% or more with the minority time parent and changes it to 20%. The change is designed to allow child support to flow to where the child goes.

3. Codifies “Bridge the Gap” Alimony to assist parties in making the transition to single life, capping it at two years.

4. Codifies the case law created factors to determine rehabilitative alimony.

5. Creates “Durational Alimony” which allow a court to award alimony support for a defined period of time for short or grey area marriages.

We at the Farrar Law Firm offer a free initial consultation on all legal matters and will offer an in office consult for a nominal charge to give you detailed and specific advice regarding your issues. All discussions are confidential and once the firm is contacted by one spouse we are prohibited from discussing any issues with the opposing party. We value our clients and do our utmost to insure their satisfaction.

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