New Florida Family Laws Announced

If you live in Florida and receive or will soon be the recipient of child support, you need to familiarize yourself with current and future laws regarding child support.  One such law, HB 907, covers alimony and child support. It will change the parameters affecting how courts decide child support and alimony payouts in divorce cases.

HB 907 will assess alimony partly based on the length of the marriage, deeming anything from 7 to 17 years as a moderate length; less than 7 years will be deemed a short-term marriage. Under this new law child support can also be extended beyond the standard 18-year-old mark, but only if the child is still in high school or has a disability.

The law was sponsored by Anitere Flores (R-Miami) and will apply to cases filed on July 1,2010 and later.

If you have questions about child support in your state, contact us to speak with a Jacksonville family lawyer as soon as possible.