CS/CS/HB 549: Dissolution of Marriage
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Civil Justice Subcommittee ; Workman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz ; Hooper
Dissolution of Marriage; Revises factors for alimony; requires certain written findings; revises provisions relating to protection of awards; revises provisions for durational alimony; redesignates permanent alimony as long-term alimony & revises provisions relating to award; requires written findings regarding incomes & standard of living of parties after dissolution; provides that increase in obligor's income may not be considered permanent in nature until it has been maintained for specified period; provides attorney fees & costs if obligee unnecessarily or unreasonably litigates petition for modification or termination of award; revises provisions relating to effect of supportive relationship; prohibits court from reserving jurisdiction to reinstate alimony; provides that income & assets of obligor's spouse or person with whom obligor resides may not be considered in redetermination in modification action; provides that if court orders alimony concurrent with child support, alimony may not be modified due to later modification or termination of child support; provides that attaining retirement age is substantial change; provides factors in determining whether obligor's retirement is reasonable; requires court to impute income to obligee based on specified analysis & factors; allows separate adjudication of issues in certain circumstances.
- Judiciary (JU)
- Budget (BC)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/2/2011 | House |
• Filed |
| 11/15/2011 | House |
• Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 56 |
| 11/30/2011 | House |
• PCS on Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 12/07/11, 1:00 pm, 404 HOB |
| 12/7/2011 | House |
• CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 2 -HJ 178 |
| 12/29/2011 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) |
| 1/4/2012 | House |
• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 170 |
| 1/10/2012 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 56 • CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 168 |
| 2/14/2012 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/16/12, 11:30 am, 404 HOB |
| 2/16/2012 | House |
• CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 1 -HJ 685 |
| 2/20/2012 | House |
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c) • Placed on Calendar -HJ 682 • CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 675 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/22/12 |
| 2/22/2012 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 724 • Amendment(s) adopted (638611) -HJ 725 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 2/23/2012 | House |
• Read 3rd time -HJ 774 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 83 NAYS 30 -HJ 774 |
| 2/24/2012 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 3/5/2012 | Senate |
• Received -SJ 844 • Referred to Judiciary; Budget; Rules -SJ 844 |
| 3/9/2012 | Senate |
• Died in Judiciary |
