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What the Hua vs. Tsung Case Teaches Us About High Asset Divorce in Florida
Alan R. Burton Attorney at Law

Florida is one of only a few states in which judges can award permanent alimony to the spouse with the lower income or earning potential as part of a divorce decree. For a novelist with a certain mindset, Florida’s spousal support laws could be a plot point in a farce about materialistic social climbers and…

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The End of Permanent Alimony in Florida
Alan R. Burton Attorney at Law

Currently there are four types of alimony awarded under Florida law. Florida Statute 61.08 provides for the possibility of an award for Bridge-the-Gap, Rehabilitative, Durational, and Permanent Alimony. Although permanent alimony is “still on the books”, there have been strong movements forming in south Florida and across the country for the reform of alimony, including…

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