Stargel: Alimony shall be renewed this yr within the Florida Senate – Information – The Ledger
The Florida Intelligence Service
Tuesday
A proposed revision of the state’s maintenance laws is off the table for the 2020 legislature, according to Lakeland Republican Kelli Stargel, sponsor of the Senate’s proposal.
A proposed revision of the state’s maintenance laws is off the table for the 2020 legislature, according to Lakeland Republican Kelli Stargel, sponsor of the Senate’s proposal.
While a similar House bill (HB 843) has been approved by two committees and is due to be tabled before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Stargel’s move (SB 1832) never made it out of its first Senate committee.
“So at this point it would be next to impossible to do this this year. We will continue to work on it next year,” Stargel, R-Lakeland, told Florida News Service on Tuesday.
The proposals would create a formula that judges could use in setting alimony payments and eliminate “permanent” or lifelong alimony payments.
Maintenance reform efforts have been extremely controversial in the legislature in the past.
Former Governor Rick Scott, who is now a US Senator, vetoed maintenance proposals twice. In his second veto in 2016, Scott accused an even more controversial custody component that was included in this year’s version. In 2013, Scott vetoed a different version, objecting that maintenance changes could have been applied retrospectively.
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