In Florida, alimony is based on net income, not gross income. In Kingsbury v. Kingsbury the Florida Court of Appeal stated that in a divorce proceeding: “The ability to pay alimony should be based on the party’s net income. See Vanzant v. Vanzant, 82 So. 3d 991,993 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011) (holding that trial court erred by using figures that represented gross incomeContinue reading “Alimony in Palm Beach Gardens, FL”
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Alimony in North Palm Beach, Florida
In awarding alimony, income from property being distributed should be used in determining need and ability to pay. In Hodge v. Hodge, the Florida Court of Appeal recently stated: “The Amended Final Judgment does not indicate that the trial court’s calculation of the Appellee’s income included any investment income attributable to the assets divided in the equitableContinue reading “Alimony in North Palm Beach, Florida”
Alimony in Jupiter, Florida
In a recently decided alimony case captioned Hua v. Tsung, the husband filed an action for divorce. The parties were married for 17½ years. The Husband and wife were in their early forties. The Husband was the primary breadwinner and wife was a homemaker and stay-at-home mother. The Husband owned several businesses during the marriage. The Husband owned partContinue reading “Alimony in Jupiter, Florida”
Alimony Attorney in Boca Raton, Florida
In awarding alimony, income will not be imputed to a spouse who decides to defer taking Social Security benefits when that party would receive larger benefits by deferring the benefits. In a case captioned Huertas Del Pino v. Huertas Del Pino the trial court imputed income to the Wife based on the Wife’s failure to apply for SocialContinue reading “Alimony Attorney in Boca Raton, Florida”
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