Alimony Modifications, Tampa – Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas County, Florida
If there has been a substantial change in circumstances since your final judgment, an alimony modification may be possible. There are a few different types of alimony awarded in Florida and most can be modified or terminated if changes substantiate this. Changes that can effect an alimony modification can be due to income changes or other changes such as :
- Payee’s Income has significantly increased
- Your former spouse’s income has substantially decreased
- *Former spouse is engaged in a supportive relationship
- Other changes that are considered unavoidable, substantial and permanent in nature.
Our alimony lawyers can help you to determine whether you should seek a modification or termination of an alimony award. The enforcement or modification of Alimony in Florida is governed by Fl Statutes 61.14. and in part states;
1. *The court may reduce or terminate an award of alimony upon specific written findings by: the court that since the granting of a divorce and the award of alimony a supportive relationship has existed between the obligee and a person with whom the obligee resides. On the issue of whether alimony should be reduced or terminated under this paragraph, the burden is on the obligor to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that a supportive relationship exists.
2. In determining whether an existing award of alimony should be reduced or terminated because of an alleged supportive relationship between an obligee and a person who is not related by consanguinity or affinity and with whom the obligee resides, the court shall elicit the nature and extent of the relationship in question. The court shall give consideration, without limitation, to circumstances, including, but not limited to, the following, in determining the relationship of an obligee to another person:
Read: Fl Statute 61.14
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Served With a Petition for Modification of Alimony in Tampa Bay?
Attorney Nilo J Sanchez & Associates PA Family Law & Divorce Attorneys have over 30 years of experience representing clients who are seeking to modify their alimony or who have received a Petition for Modification of Alimony. This includes alimony modifications, which are permanent in nature or alimony abatements , which are temporary in nature. If your case is in the 13th or 6th Judicial Circuit Courts in Tampa Bay, reach out to us for assistance. Our Family Law Firm is conveniently located in Tampa, Florida but we can assist you if you need an:
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