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Agreements: Rocha v. Mendonca, 35 Fla. L. Weekly D1080 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2010).  Trial court reversed for improper interpretation of agreement.  Provision that said Husband transfer retirement to Wife via QDRO did not...

View Full Text of HB 907. What follows is an analysis of the significant revisions to Florida’s Spousal  Support (Alimony) and child support laws by board certified divorce attorney Eddie Stephens. Codifies all forms...

Alimony: Wofford v. Wofford, 20 So. 3d 470 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).  Judge Smith reversed for only awarding “bridge the gap” in eleven (11) year marriage.  Wife was thirty-nine (39) and was not capable of self...

Alimony: Perkovich v. Humphrey-Perkovich, 2 So. 3d 348 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2008). $1,000/month alimony reversed where Husband makes $450K/yearly and Wife makes $320,000. Disparate incomes alone do not justify alimony. Remanded...

Alimony: Coniglio v. Coniglio, 969 So. 2d 579 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). Error to award minor or adult child expenses as alimony. Jaffy v Jaffy, 965 So. 2d 825 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007). Rehearing denied. Strong dissent discussing that...