Comments on: 2011 Brings New Laws For Florida’s Divorced Residents

By: leonard wright

leonard wright — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:04:44 +0000

why is that a woman can waste her large inheritance, walk out of the marriage and home, then come back and received alimony. this is like winning the lottery in florida. only she receives it in monthly payments until either she dies or i do. talk about being fair and just. not in this state

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:37:57 +0000

we just have to make the world as good as we can or at least enjoy griping about the imperfections.

By: Disabled and struggling parent

Disabled and struggling parent — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:24:25 +0000

I should have listened when everybody tried to warn me about him although I must say that I never in a million years would have thought he would do something like this. I accept my responsibility in this situation, but that doesn’t mean that our children should suffer. They are innocent and should not have to endure hardship because he has a “new life”.
In a perfect world, things like this wouldn’t happen. These laws wouldn’t be needed because families would be together and in a BETTER world, the parents would WANT to see their kids taken care of and we still wouldn’t need these laws. Alas, we do not have either.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 03:34:10 +0000

he DOES sound like a winner

By: Disabled and struggling parent

Disabled and struggling parent — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:29:57 +0000

My husband decided he wanted to go play house with another woman. He has abandoned his own children and is angry because the law requires him to support his OWN kids and not hers. He thinks that since he is supporting HER children, he shouldn’t have to support ours.
These laws are in place for situations just such as this. My kids should NOT be punished because daddy wants to play house with someone else. They should NOT suffer because he abandoned them.
There’s a very simple solution to this problem: don’t MAKE the kids if you don’t intend to stick around and raise them, support them, etc. Since so any don’t want to care for the children they brought into this world, we must have laws that protect the innocent kids, since their fathers (and sometimes mothers too) obviously won’t.

By: Disabled and struggling parent

Disabled and struggling parent — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:01:08 +0000

I receive child support for our children. He has moved on and is living with another woman who has kids and keeps having more, by other men. He fusses because he has to pay child support for our children. He thinks that because he lives with her and is supporting HER kids, he shouldn’t have to support OUR kids. He is furious because the law requires him to support the children we had together, during the course of our marriage.
Without these laws, people like me would just be out of luck. Too many people think that it’s ok to just walk out on a marriage and kids and act as if it never happened. Well, it’s NOT ok. These kids still have to be fed, clothed, taken to the doctor, etc. For the man to just walk off and leave all the responsibilities to the mother is insane! He’s off to a carefree life while the mom is stuck with EVERYTHING!! She takes on the roles of TWO people, instead of one and anybody who thinks she doesn’t deserve to be compensated for that (and that her kids should suffer because daddy wants to go play house with someone else) is about as stupid as the father who did that to his wife and children.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:33:49 +0000

different states have different laws because they have different legislators with different priorities. This is a good thing.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:54:55 +0000

How come Fl has all these laws…what about Al why do they have such crappy laws when it comes to child support…Can anyone enlighten me please

By: alimony taxes

alimony taxes — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:35:46 +0000

Okay, why isn’t there a law where the person receiving alimony doesn’t have to pay taxes as income? It is a court order! This sucks for sure. Why should the one receiving alimony is the one to be punished?

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:20:40 +0000

any evidence the new laws aren’t better than the old ones which you seem to dislike?