Alimony Attorneys for Clearwater, St Petersburg, New Port
Richey, & Greater Tampa Bay, Florida
Since
married couples typically combine finances, the end of a marriage
almost always raises questions about how each spouse will
support themselves. Some marriages involve two working spouses,
each earning ample income. Other marriages are a partnership
between one spouse earning most or all of the income while
the other cares for the couple’s home and children.
If one spouse has little or no means to earn an income alone,
he or she may need financial support after the marriage ends.
Whether you are a Clearwater wife who worked part time to
support your husband through college or a Tampa husband who
relies on his wife for the bulk of the household income, there
are several types of alimony you may be entitled to under
Florida law.
Alimony
is a predetermined amount of money that one spouse pays to
the other after a separation or divorce. A judge awards alimony
to limit the economic blow that a break-up may impose on a
spouse with little or no earning power. While the ability
to earn income is a main factor with alimony, gender is not.
Alimony may be awarded to a wife or husband, depending on
the case. From Clearwater to St Petersburg and Pasco County
to Tampa, the Florida alimony attorneys at Tinny, Meyer &
Piccarreto, P.A., have assisted many area residents with their
alimony and spousal support matters.
At
times, one party may try to hide or limit income to avoid
having to pay support to the other spouse. In situations like
this, you need an aggressive and experienced attorney to assist
you and protect your rights. We work with individuals to assist
in uncovering or determining your spouse’s income. With
this ammunition, we are then able to go before the courts
and advocate the need for spousal support and the ability
of the other party to pay.
Florida
courts can use their own discretion when it comes to the amount
and duration of alimony, so representation by an alimony attorney
is critical to arguing your case and receiving the amount
of alimony you are entitled to. To learn more, we invite you
to contact our offices in Clearwater, St Petersburg, or New
Port Richey to schedule a consultation about your divorce,
alimony, and other Florida family law concerns. During our
meeting, our Tampa Bay area alimony attorneys can inform you
about the different types of alimony, such as:
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Temporary alimony before the divorce is final
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Rehabilitative alimony to enable a spouse to be trained
and/or educated for adequate employment
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Lump-sum alimony
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Reimbursement alimony for expenses incurred by one spouse
for the benefit of other such as college tuition or house
payments
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Permanent alimony which continues until one of the spouses
dies or the alimony recipient gets remarried
Also,
alimony is not a guarantee in every case. Despite differences
in income of the parties involved, other factors need to be
assessed to determine if one or more forms of alimony are
applicable to your case or situation. We must take a look
at whether one party has a need for support. Then we must
look at whether the other party has an ability to pay support
to the other party.
In
addition to the above types of alimony, some couples have
prenuptial agreements stipulating whether or not alimony will
be awarded and how much the alimony will be. An alimony attorney
from Tinny, Meyer & Piccarreto will assist you with examining
the validity of your prenuptial agreement and possibly fighting
the terms of the prenuptial agreement in court if need be.
Find
out more about alimony in the Tampa Bay area from the team
of alimony attorneys at Tinny, Meyer & Piccarreto. Please
contact us today to schedule an alimony and divorce consultation
at our offices in Clearwater, St Petersburg, or New Port Richey.
We represent
alimony clients throughout the greater Tampa Bay area including
the communities of Dunedin, Largo, Belleair, Safety Harbor,
Palm Harbor, Tarpon Springs, Holiday, Trinity, and Sarasota
as well as Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Pasco County,
and beyond.
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