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Florida Law - What Are Some Examples of Spousal Support Awards?

Here are some examples of some alimony awards.

Cases:

Rutland (1995) 652 So2d 404 (after a short, childless, marriage, where wife had bachelor's degree from an "acclaimed college" and was self-supporting before marriage, and had skills to make herself employable, wife got no alimony; she got $164,000 in property distribution and kept the $35,000 she had had in a non-marital trust fund).

Knecht (1993) 629 So2d 883 (alimony should be permanent, not temporary, where husband's law firm income was approximately $240,000, wife was 56 years old, and her income from real estate sales was $11,000).

Gregoire (1992) 615 So2d 694 (After 11 year marriage, court awarded $4,000 per month permanent alimony, $445 per month for taxes on alimony, and $1,000 per month for each of two children as child support, even though wife could earn $20,000 to $25,000 per year and $30,00 to $35,000 per year after five years, where husband's $210,000 annual income was directly attributable to wife's financial support during 18-month period when husband was beginning present line of work, wife had primary custody of two minor children, and wife had specifically agreed to stop working and permanently terminate her career after husband's income increased).

Grant (1992) 603 So2d 68 (wife had no skills nor potential for developing skills that could make her self-supporting; alimony should be permanent, not rehabilitative).

Kremer (1992) 595 So2d 214 (alimony should be temporary, not permanent, where wife was 36 years old, there were not children, marriage had lasted six years, wife was in good health, wife supported herself before the marriage, and wife could do so again; the result was not changed by the fact that husband, age 52, had very much greater financial resources than the wife before and after the marriage).

Spencer (1991) 590 So2d 553 (rehabilitative alimony was not necessary where wife had $19,000 of earnings, marriage was 4 years, and she got the home).

Walters (1991) 508 SO2d 47 (court should award alimony after 30-year marriage to wife, who earns $7,000 to $9,000 a year, even though husband earns only $35,000 a year (plus an expense allowance) and has Parkinson's disease; court suggests that the alimony might come in the form of lump-sum alimony after the sale of the couple's marital home).

Stefanowitz (1991) 586 So2d 460 (wife is 45 years old, and has a high school education; husband's income is $17,600; court holds that permanent alimony of $300 and child support of $400 per month is too much for husband to pay; alimony was reduced to $100 per month).

Freeman (1989) 546 So2d 1067 (after 31 years of marriage, permanent alimony of $1,200 was ordered; wife had high school education and had never worked outside home for any appreciable period of time and had no substantial capacity for rehabilitation).

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