Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/SB 718, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Flores moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 653 - 658
    4  and insert:
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    6  upward and upon a showing by a preponderance of the evidence of
    7  permanently increased ability to pay alimony. Absent a finding
    8  of fraud, an increase in an obligor’s income may not be
    9  considered permanent in nature unless the increase has been
   10  maintained without interruption for at least 2 years, taking
   11  into account the obligor’s ability to sustain his or her income.
   12         2. An alimony order shall be modified downward upon a
   13  showing by a preponderance of the evidence of a permanently
   14  decreased ability to pay alimony. Absent a finding of fraud a
   15  decrease in an obligor’s income may not be considered permanent
   16  in nature unless the decrease has been maintained without
   17  interruption for at least 2 years, taking into account the
   18  obligor’s ability to sustain his or her income.
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   20  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   21         And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 48
   23  and insert:
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   25         to pay alimony by the other party; requiring an
   26         alimony order be modified downward under certain
   27         circumstances; prohibiting an