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Alimony modification

Alimony Modification Based Upon Supportive Relationship – an Unsettled Area of Florida Law

Alimony modification based upon the recipient’s new, live-in relationship status has been a troubling issue that has divided Florida’s District Courts of Appeal. Disagreement at the intermediate appellate level means that the Supreme Court of Florida will eventually be called upon to resolve this legal matter. The questions surrounding this issue date back to 2005, when the Legislature passed the

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spousal maintenance

UMDA: Alimony’s Journey into Spousal Maintenance in Arizona

In ancient Babylon’s Code of Hammurabi (circa. 1780 BC), divorce meant the husband would repay his wife’s dowry, relinquish child custody, and provide alimony sufficient to sustain her. We can track alimony through the Code of Justinian (529 AD) and into Corpus Juris Civilis – the basis for both Roman law and British common law. Eventually, under King James I

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Alimony modification

Alimony Modification Based Upon Supportive Relationship – an Unsettled Area of Florida Law

Alimony modification based upon the recipient’s new, live-in relationship status has been a troubling issue that has divided Florida’s District Courts of Appeal. Disagreement at the intermediate appellate level means that the Supreme Court of Florida will eventually be called upon to resolve this legal matter. The questions surrounding this issue date back to 2005, when the Legislature passed the

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spousal maintenance

UMDA: Alimony’s Journey into Spousal Maintenance in Arizona

In ancient Babylon’s Code of Hammurabi (circa. 1780 BC), divorce meant the husband would repay his wife’s dowry, relinquish child custody, and provide alimony sufficient to sustain her. We can track alimony through the Code of Justinian (529 AD) and into Corpus Juris Civilis – the basis for both Roman law and British common law. Eventually, under King James I

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