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.
Senate Committee References: Judiciary (JU), Budget (BC), Rules (RC)
Last Action: 03/09/2012 Died in Judiciary
Effective Date: July 1, 2012
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 11/02/2011 | 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 |
| 12/07/2011 | 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) |
| 01/04/2012 | House | • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 170 |
| 01/10/2012 | House | • Introduced -HJ 56 • CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 168 |
| 02/14/2012 | House | • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/16/12, 11:30 am, 404 HOB |
| 02/16/2012 | House | • CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 1 -HJ 685 |
| 02/20/2012 | 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 |
| 02/22/2012 | House | • Read 2nd time -HJ 724 • Amendment(s) adopted (638611) -HJ 725 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 02/23/2012 | House | • Read 3rd time -HJ 774 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 83 NAYS 30 -HJ 774 |
| 02/24/2012 | Senate | • In Messages |
| 03/05/2012 | Senate | • Received -SJ 844 • Referred to Judiciary; Budget; Rules -SJ 844 |
| 03/09/2012 | Senate | • Died in Judiciary |
