Florida Durational Alimony Lawyers:
Caps, Calculations, and Financial Evidence
Durational alimony can determine whether you can afford housing after divorce, how long financial support will continue, and how much of your income will remain available for your own expenses. Florida places limits on both the amount and the duration of this support. Applying those limits requires a careful examination of income, expenses, assets, earning capacity, and the realities of each spouse’s life after the marriage.
The general rule is straightforward: durational alimony cannot exceed the receiving spouse’s reasonable need or 35% of the difference between the spouses’ net incomes, whichever is less. The paying spouse must also have the ability to pay. The ordinary time limit depends on the length of the marriage, although exceptional circumstances can justify a longer term.
The difficult questions lie underneath those rules. What if a spouse cannot work? What if a business owner reports little income while the company pays personal expenses? Can a spouse include retirement savings in a support budget? Does a disability justify lifetime payments? What happens when the higher earner loses a job shortly before trial?
At Mockler Leiner Law, P.A., our Tampa alimony attorneys represent spouses seeking support and spouses defending against unsupported or excessive demands. We approach durational alimony as a financial case that must be prepared for negotiation, expert analysis, and trial.
What Is Durational Alimony in Florida?
Durational alimony provides financial assistance for a defined period after divorce. Under section 61.08, Florida Statutes, it is one of the available forms of support, alongside temporary, bridge-the-gap, and rehabilitative alimony.
Florida’s 2023 reform eliminated permanent alimony as an available form of relief in initial dissolution and support proceedings covered by the amended statute. The statute applies to initial petitions pending or filed on or after July 1, 2023. Existing permanent alimony judgments were not automatically erased or converted into durational awards.
Durational alimony does not require the specific educational or vocational plan necessary for rehabilitative alimony. It may address an ongoing financial shortfall even when a spouse is already working or cannot reasonably become entirely self-supporting during the award.
Either spouse may receive alimony. Entitlement depends on the evidence and applicable law.
How Long Can Durational Alimony Last?
Florida generally measures the marriage from the wedding date through the date the dissolution action is filed. Separation does not ordinarily stop that clock, and time spent litigating after filing does not ordinarily lengthen the marriage for this calculation.
Section 61.08 establishes rebuttable presumptions concerning marriage length and corresponding limits on durational support:
A marriage lasting less than three years does not qualify for durational alimony.
A short-term marriage, generally lasting at least three years but less than ten years, ordinarily permits durational alimony for no more than 50% of the marriage’s length.
A moderate-term marriage, generally lasting at least ten years but less than twenty years, ordinarily permits support for no more than 60% of the marriage’s length.
A long-term marriage, generally lasting twenty years or longer, ordinarily permits support for no more than 75% of the marriage’s length.
These are ordinary maximums. A spouse is not automatically entitled to the longest permissible award.
Example: An eight-year marriage
Eight years multiplied by 50% equals four years.
The ordinary maximum duration is four years, assuming the spouse establishes entitlement to durational alimony.
Example: A fifteen-year marriage
Fifteen years multiplied by 60% equals nine years.
The ordinary maximum duration is nine years.
Example: A thirty-year marriage
Thirty years multiplied by 75% equals 22.5 years.
The ordinary maximum duration is twenty-two years and six months.
The actual wedding and filing dates matter. A marriage approaching a statutory classification boundary requires particular attention because a change in classification can materially affect the ordinary maximum term.
How Is the Amount of Durational Alimony Calculated?
The court must first determine whether the requesting spouse actually needs support and whether the other spouse can pay it. The requesting spouse bears the burden of proving both.
The court then applies the statutory limitation: the amount cannot exceed reasonable need or 35% of the difference between the parties’ net incomes, whichever is less.
The calculation uses net income as legally determined. It does not simply use gross salary, the amount deposited into a checking account, or the income remaining after every expense listed on a financial affidavit.
Step one: Determine each spouse’s net monthly income
This is net income. Not gross. Take out taxes and all other allowable deductions, such as income taxes, Social Security and Medicare taxes, or applicable self-employment taxes, mandatory union dues, mandatory retirement contributions, health insurance premiums, and court ordered support for other children and alimony.
Assume the paying spouse has net monthly income of $10,000 and the requesting spouse has net monthly income of $3,000.
These figures should already reflect the legally permitted deductions. They should also include other income that the law requires the court to consider.
Step two: Calculate the income difference
$10,000 minus $3,000 equals $7,000.
The difference between the parties’ net monthly incomes is $7,000.
Step three: Apply the 35% cap
$7,000 multiplied by 35% equals $2,450.
The monthly durational alimony ceiling based on those incomes is $2,450.
Step four: Compare the ceiling with reasonable need
Assume the requesting spouse proves reasonable monthly expenses of $4,800 and has $3,000 in net income available to meet those expenses.
$4,800 minus $3,000 equals $1,800.
The demonstrated monthly shortfall is $1,800. Because that amount is less than the $2,450 ceiling, the income formula does not justify a $2,450 award. The award must remain within the proven need.
Now assume the requesting spouse proves a $3,500 monthly shortfall. The statutory ceiling remains $2,450. The existence of greater need does not, by itself, permit the court to exceed the durational alimony cap.
Step five: Determine what the paying spouse can actually afford
The percentage calculation does not eliminate the ability-to-pay requirement. If the evidence establishes that the paying spouse can reasonably pay only $1,600, a $2,450 calculation does not establish an ability to pay the larger amount.
But a claimed inability must withstand scrutiny. Excessive spending, inaccurate deductions, duplicate expenses, and costs that will disappear after divorce can distort the analysis.
Need and Ability to Pay Still Matter Within the 35% Cap
The 35% limitation does not create an automatic entitlement to that percentage. It also does not give a court unrestricted discretion to select any smaller number without a sound factual basis.
In Loconto v. Loconto, 415 So. 3d 696 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025), the court addressed durational alimony after a fifty-year marriage involving a former wife who was totally blind. The trial court awarded $500 monthly even though its findings supported a larger award within the statutory ceiling.
The appellate court reversed the amount. Preserving a surplus for the former husband did not adequately account for the former wife’s substantial unmet need when he could pay more.
The practical lesson runs in both directions. The recipient must prove a reasonable shortfall. The payor must present an accurate account of available resources and legitimate obligations. Neither side should expect a percentage or an unsupported budget to decide the case.
Can Disability or Exceptional Circumstances Extend the Duration?
Yes. Section 61.08(8)(b) permits an extension beyond the ordinary percentage limits when clear and convincing evidence establishes that an extension is necessary under exceptional circumstances.
The court must apply the general alimony factors and consider all four additional statutory factors:
How the recipient’s age and employability limit the ability to support themselves.
How the recipient’s available financial resources limit self-support.
Whether a mental or physical disability, or a diagnosed condition, makes or will make the recipient partly or entirely incapable of self-support.
Whether the recipient cares for the parties’ mentally or physically disabled child, including an adult child.
These factors do not require every recipient to be disabled. Advanced age, limited employability, and insufficient financial resources may also matter. Conversely, a diagnosis alone does not establish entitlement to an extension.
A persuasive disability claim explains the functional consequences: what work the spouse can perform, how reliably they can perform it, whether accommodations are realistic, what treatment costs, and whether the limitations are expected to improve.
Where caregiving supports the extension, the evidence should address the child’s actual needs, the parent’s responsibilities, available assistance, and the effect on employment. An extension based on this caregiving factor terminates when the child no longer requires that parent’s caregiving or dies, unless another statutory extension factor applies.
The statute also allows a qualifying exceptional extension beyond the length of the marriage itself. That relief requires the statutory showing; it is not an automatic consequence of continued financial need.
What evidence supports a request for extended support?
Useful evidence may include medical records, treating-provider testimony, functional assessments, vocational testimony, care schedules, benefit statements, and financial projections.
For example, a spouse claiming an inability to work full time should be prepared to explain why part-time employment, remote work, accommodations, or retraining would not adequately address the limitation. A spouse opposing an extension should evaluate those possibilities through competent evidence rather than assumptions about what someone with a particular diagnosis “should” be able to do.
The requested additional term should also have an evidentiary explanation. The court needs a basis for both the extension and its length.
Does Extended Durational Alimony Become Permanent Alimony?
An exceptional extension does not convert the award into the former statutory category of permanent alimony.
The amended law continues to describe durational alimony as assistance for a set period. The extension provisions do not specify a separate numerical ceiling for every exceptional case, but they also do not promise automatic lifetime support.
A lengthy award may, as a practical matter, continue for much or all of an older recipient’s remaining life. That possible outcome is different from a legal entitlement to permanent alimony. The award remains governed by its terms and the applicable termination and modification rules.
The disability exception also concerns duration. Section 61.08(8)(c) contains no corresponding disability exception to the 35% amount limitation. A spouse may establish grounds for more years of support while still receiving less each month than the spouse reasonably needs.
That distinction can have serious consequences for housing, medical care, retirement planning, and settlement negotiations.
What Expenses Count When Determining Financial Need?
Need begins with reasonable expenses considered in light of the marital standard of living and anticipated life after divorce. It is not established merely by placing a number on a financial affidavit.
Common categories include reasonable housing costs, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, insurance, medical treatment, prescriptions, and household maintenance. Documented recreation, travel, and other lifestyle expenses may also be relevant when supported by the marriage’s actual circumstances and the parties’ resources.
The marital lifestyle matters, but it does not guarantee that two separate households can maintain everything one household previously enjoyed.
Housing and household expenses
A support budget should identify where the spouse expects to live and what that arrangement will reasonably cost. Mortgage payments or rent, property taxes, insurance, association charges, utilities, and ordinary maintenance may be appropriate.
The analysis should account for expenses that overlap. Property taxes and insurance included in a mortgage escrow payment should not be counted again as separate payments. A household budget shared with another adult should identify the portion actually attributable to the requesting spouse.
A temporary living arrangement does not necessarily establish the permanent budget. A spouse staying with relatives during litigation may have a legitimate future housing need, but should support the proposed expense with reliable evidence.
Medical expenses and insurance
Health insurance premiums, recurring treatment, therapy, medication, and other necessary unreimbursed expenses may support need. Disability can increase expenses while reducing earning capacity.
Amounts already deducted when calculating net income must be handled consistently. The same insurance premium should not reduce income and then create an additional shortfall a second time.
Transportation, debt, and irregular expenses
Reasonable vehicle payments, insurance, fuel, and maintenance may be included. Annual or irregular expenses should be converted into an accurate monthly figure using records or a supported estimate.
Debt payments require closer examination. The court should consider responsibility for the debt, its purpose, its remaining term, and whether the underlying purchases already appear elsewhere in the budget. Listing groceries and gasoline separately, then adding the entire credit-card payment used to purchase them, can count the same expenses twice.
The allocation of debts and assets in equitable distribution can materially change the post-divorce budget.
Children’s expenses and support for other adults
Child support and alimony must be coordinated. Children’s expenses should not simply be transferred wholesale into a spouse’s personal alimony claim or duplicated across support calculations.
Voluntary payments for an adult child, a parent, or another person require separate analysis. An expenditure does not automatically become the recipient’s reasonable alimony need merely because the recipient chooses to make it.
What Deductions and Expenses Affect Ability to Pay?
Two different calculations are involved: determining statutory net income and assessing the payor’s actual financial ability.
Deductions used to calculate net income
For the durational alimony formula, section 61.08 incorporates the income and deduction provisions of section 61.30(2) and (3), with a specific exclusion for spousal support paid under an order in the same action.
Permitted deductions include properly calculated income taxes, Social Security and Medicare or self-employment taxes, mandatory union dues, mandatory retirement payments, qualifying health insurance payments, and qualifying court-ordered support obligations.
The statutory qualifications matter. For example, the health insurance deduction excludes coverage for the minor child, and the deduction for support of other children concerns court-ordered support actually paid.
The current case’s alimony should not be deducted and then fed back into the formula to shrink the very award being calculated.
Payroll deductions are not automatically legal deductions
Voluntary 401(k) contributions, transfers to savings, payroll loan repayments, and elective purchases do not become statutory deductions simply because an employer subtracts them before issuing a paycheck.
Likewise, unusually high tax withholding does not necessarily establish the correct tax deduction. The calculation should reflect the relevant filing status, dependents, and actual tax liability.
A paystub shows what happened to the paycheck. The legal analysis determines which reductions count.
Reasonable living expenses remain relevant
After net income is determined, the court still evaluates the payor’s reasonable living expenses and other obligations when deciding ability to pay.
Housing, utilities, transportation, necessary medical costs, and legitimate debt payments can matter. The financial effect of the overall judgment also matters. A payment structure should be evaluated alongside support, property distribution, and other imposed obligations.
But personal expenses generally do not reduce statutory net income for the 35% calculation. A $2,500 mortgage payment may be relevant to ability to pay without being a $2,500 deduction from income under section 61.30(3).
The recipient’s and payor’s budgets should receive comparable scrutiny. A payor cannot establish inability merely by choosing expenses that consume the available income.
Business expenses require a separate investigation
For self-employed spouses, business income generally involves receipts reduced by ordinary and necessary expenses required to produce that income. Personal spending routed through a company requires different treatment.
A business-paid vehicle, personal travel, or other benefit may affect available income or reduce personal living expenses. The analysis must avoid both overlooking the benefit and counting it twice.
In Zold v. Zold, 911 So. 2d 1222 (Fla. 2005), the Florida Supreme Court rejected automatically treating all undistributed S corporation pass-through income as available support income. The purpose for retaining the money matters, and the shareholder spouse bears the burden of establishing legitimate corporate retention when disputed.
Our work in divorce for business owners addresses these distinctions between taxable income, available cash, necessary business spending, and personal financial benefits.
How Do Savings Affect Durational Alimony?
“Savings” can mean several different things. Each requires its own analysis.
A request to build future savings
A recipient generally cannot add a savings allowance to an alimony budget merely because the spouses regularly saved during the marriage.
In Mallard v. Mallard, 771 So. 2d 1138 (Fla. 2000), the Florida Supreme Court rejected an alimony award containing a savings component based on the parties’ history of frugality. The distinction was between meeting support needs and accumulating additional capital.
Although Mallard involved permanent alimony under the former statute, its rejection of a savings component remains relevant when evaluating reasonable need.
A proposed monthly contribution to an investment account therefore requires a different analysis from a documented allowance for recurring insurance premiums or predictable home maintenance. Calling an expense a “reserve” does not decide whether it is a legitimate budget item or an attempt to fund future wealth.
Income from savings and investments
Existing assets may produce income that reduces the need for alimony. Interest, dividends, and a reasonably supported return on investable assets can matter even when the owner would prefer to reinvest the earnings.
For illustration, $300,000 earning an established 4% annual return produces $12,000 annually, or $1,000 monthly, before taxes. That is an arithmetic example, not a legally presumed investment return. The appropriate rate, taxes, accessibility, and risk require evidence.
In Niederman v. Niederman, 60 So. 3d 544 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011), the court approved considering income available through a penalty-free IRA withdrawal arrangement where the evidence supported the conclusion that principal would not be invaded.
Asset principal and asset income are not interchangeable. Nor does the law guarantee that an award will cover every expense without any use of assets, particularly when the statutory cap leaves an unmet need.
Saving part of an existing award
A recipient’s decision to spend carefully does not automatically establish that the original award was improper. Modification requires examination of the existing judgment or agreement and the applicable change in circumstances.
In Regan v. Regan, 217 So. 3d 91 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017), the court distinguished the original calculation of alimony from modification of an agreed award. It upheld a reduction based on substantially reduced expenses while rejecting the contention that the recipient’s ability to save necessarily required the additional reductions the payor sought.
The original financial assumptions and the language of the agreement can be decisive.
What Happens If a Spouse Is Unemployed or Underemployed?
Unemployment does not automatically establish a right to receive alimony or an inability to pay it.
The court must examine why the spouse is not working, whether suitable work is available, the spouse’s qualifications and limitations, and the diligence of the employment search. An involuntary layoff, a documented disability, a reasonable retirement, and a voluntary decision to earn less present different questions.
If a spouse could reasonably earn more but is voluntarily unemployed or underemployed, the court may attribute earning capacity to that spouse. This is called imputation of income.
Imputation can affect either side. Attributing income to the recipient can reduce the demonstrated need and narrow the income difference used for the 35% calculation. Attributing income to the payor can increase the income used to evaluate support.
What must be proved before income is imputed?
The party seeking imputation ordinarily must present competent, substantial evidence supporting voluntary unemployment or underemployment and the proposed earning level.
The evidence should address recent work history, education, current credentials, occupational qualifications, suitable available employment, and prevailing compensation. Health limitations and relevant caregiving responsibilities must also be considered.
The court needs findings that explain the source and amount of the attributed income. A degree, an outdated salary, or a general assertion that “there are plenty of jobs” may leave critical questions unanswered.
In Lafferty v. Lafferty, 134 So. 3d 1142 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014), the Second District required an imputation analysis concerning an unemployed spouse receiving durational alimony. The court addressed voluntary unemployment, the diligence of efforts to replace income, and the evidentiary significance of historical earnings.
Past earnings can be powerful evidence. They are not immune from rebuttal based on credible changes in health, qualifications, or employment circumstances.
An involuntary job loss does not end the inquiry
A spouse who genuinely loses a job may later remain unemployed by choice or through an inadequate search.
In Koscher v. Koscher, 201 So. 3d 736 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), the court examined a spouse’s continuing unemployment after an involuntary termination. The analysis included the obligation to make diligent efforts to obtain replacement income and the evidence supporting earning capacity.
Job applications, recruiter communications, interviews, rejected offers, licensing records, and actual vacancies can therefore become important trial exhibits.
A spouse defending against imputation should document a genuine search and any barriers to employment. A spouse seeking imputation should develop evidence connecting the proposed income to work the other spouse can realistically obtain and perform.
What Is the Role of a Vocational Evaluator?
A vocational evaluator helps assess employability and earning capacity. The evaluator supplies evidence about work a person can reasonably perform, available employment, probable compensation, and any training needed to improve earning potential.
An evaluation may examine employment history, transferable skills, education, professional licenses, time outside the workforce, aptitude, functional restrictions, and the relevant labor market. Depending on the circumstances, the evaluator may use interviews, testing, records review, labor-market research, and employer contacts.
The strongest opinion connects this particular person to realistic employment opportunities. Broad wage averages can be inadequate when they ignore expired credentials, limited experience, medical restrictions, or the actual demands of a position.
A vocational evaluator also serves a different role from a forensic accountant. The vocational expert evaluates earning capacity; the accountant analyzes income, cash flow, financial records, and the resulting calculations. Some cases require both.
When should an evaluator be retained?
Early consideration is useful when a spouse has left a well-paying job, works substantially below apparent qualifications, has been outside the workforce for years, claims an inability to work, or proposes substantial retraining.
Timing matters. An evaluation completed shortly before trial may leave insufficient time to obtain records, investigate available jobs, challenge assumptions, or prepare testimony.
A vocational expert is not mandatory in every imputation dispute. Other competent evidence may establish the necessary facts. But substantial disputes over earning capacity often benefit from a qualified expert who can explain and defend the proposed income.
Under Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.360, a compelled vocational examination requires the applicable showing that the condition is in controversy and that good cause exists. The examination’s scope and procedures also matter.
Is Nominal Alimony Still Available After Florida Abolished Permanent Alimony?
Yes. Nominal alimony remains available in appropriate circumstances.
A nominal award is a small amount, sometimes $1, that preserves the possibility of future support when an otherwise valid claim cannot presently be funded and the evidence supports a reasonably foreseeable improvement in the payor’s ability.
In Atkinson v. Atkinson, 429 So. 3d 526 (Fla. 4th DCA 2026), the court expressly recognized that eliminating permanent alimony did not eliminate nominal alimony.
The parties had stipulated to the former wife’s need. Evidence showed that the former husband’s financial position would improve after the marital home was sold and certain expenses ended. The appellate court required nominal alimony and a reservation of jurisdiction.
The narrowness of that rule matters. A spouse’s hope that the other person will eventually earn more is not a substitute for evidence of foreseeable improvement.
What does a nominal award preserve?
A properly structured nominal award may preserve an opportunity to seek an increase when qualifying circumstances arise. It does not guarantee a later increase, create permanent alimony, or eliminate the statutory requirements governing durational support.
The judgment should address the authorized form of support, its duration, and the scope of any reserved jurisdiction. Parties should not assume that a nominal payment freezes the duration calculation or restarts the support term whenever income improves.
A final denial of alimony without an appropriate reservation can ordinarily foreclose a later effort to obtain support simply because the former spouse’s finances improve. The issue deserves attention before the final judgment is entered.
Preparing a Durational Alimony Case for Settlement or Trial
The financial affidavit should be the beginning of the investigation. Bank records, tax returns, payroll documents, business records, benefit statements, and expense documentation must support the positions taken.
For the spouse seeking support, preparation includes proving reasonable need, identifying all relevant income, addressing earning capacity, and developing any claim for an exceptional extension. For the spouse defending the claim, preparation includes testing expenses, examining income-producing assets, identifying duplicate charges, and supporting legitimate limitations on ability to pay.
Future changes deserve careful treatment. A house sale, an expiring debt, a pending retirement, or completion of training can affect the analysis, but a judgment should not rest on unsupported predictions.
Settlement requires the same care. A marital settlement agreement should address payment amounts, commencement and termination dates, modification rights, any planned changes in payments, security, and the assumptions underlying the bargain. Agreed obligations can present different enforcement questions from what a judge could impose after trial.
A general statement that support is “fair” does little to prevent a future dispute about what the parties actually agreed.
Can Durational Alimony Be Modified or Ended Early?
The amount may be modified or terminated based on a qualifying substantial change in circumstances under section 61.14, Florida Statutes. Changing the duration requires exceptional circumstances under section 61.08.
Death of either party or remarriage of the recipient terminates a statutory durational award. Supportive relationships and qualifying retirement can also support relief under the governing law.
A job loss or decline in business income does not authorize a payor to rewrite the order unilaterally. Likewise, a recipient whose needs increase should not assume the existing obligation automatically increases.
Prompt advice about alimony modification is especially important when an award is approaching its end. Waiting until payments expire can create serious procedural and jurisdictional problems.
Frequently Asked Questions About Florida Durational Alimony
Is Florida alimony automatically 35% of my spouse’s income?
No. The durational alimony ceiling is 35% of the difference between the spouses’ legally determined net incomes. The award must also remain within reasonable need and the payor’s ability to pay.
If I prove greater need, can the judge exceed the 35% cap?
Greater need alone does not authorize a larger durational award. The statute’s exceptional-circumstances provisions allow extensions of duration; they do not create an express disability exception to the amount cap.
Does a twenty-year marriage automatically qualify me for fifteen years of support?
No. Twenty years falls within the statutory presumption for a long-term marriage, and 75% produces an ordinary maximum of fifteen years. Entitlement and the appropriate term still depend on the evidence.
Can a disabled spouse receive support beyond the ordinary time limit?
Yes, when clear and convincing evidence establishes the necessary exceptional circumstances. The court must evaluate functional limitations, financial resources, employability, and the other applicable statutory factors.
Does disability make durational alimony permanent?
No automatic conversion occurs. A court may award a longer qualifying term, but the award remains subject to its stated duration and applicable modification and termination rules.
Can I receive alimony if I have a job?
Yes. Employment does not necessarily eliminate need. The court considers whether your available income and resources cover reasonable expenses and whether the other spouse can pay support within the statutory limits.
Can my spouse avoid alimony by quitting a job?
A voluntary reduction in earnings may support imputation of income. The court must examine the reason for the change, employment efforts, qualifications, and evidence supporting the amount the spouse can reasonably earn.
Can the court impute income to me if I stayed home during the marriage?
Potentially. The court must consider your actual earning capacity and circumstances, including time outside the workforce, age, health, credentials, and caregiving responsibilities. A history of homemaking neither establishes a particular salary nor automatically prevents imputation.
Can I deduct voluntary retirement contributions before applying the cap?
Voluntary retirement contributions generally are not the mandatory retirement deductions authorized by section 61.30(3). The fact that contributions reduce take-home pay does not make them a permissible deduction for the statutory formula.
Must I spend all my savings before receiving alimony?
There is no simple rule requiring every applicant to exhaust savings first. The court considers resources and available income, including income reasonably generated by assets. The distinction between income and principal matters, and the statutory cap may still leave part of a reasonable budget unfunded.
Is a vocational evaluation always necessary?
No. It is often useful when employability or earning capacity is disputed, particularly when the proposed imputation substantially affects support. The court can also consider other competent evidence.
Is a $1 alimony award meaningless?
No. A nominal award can preserve important future rights when the legal requirements are satisfied. Its effect depends on the judgment, the reserved jurisdiction, and the applicable support rules.
Speak With a Tampa Durational Alimony Attorney
Durational alimony can affect years of financial decisions. The monthly amount matters. So do the termination date, the treatment of assets, the assumptions about employment, and the ability to seek future relief.
Richard J. Mockler brings a background in complex litigation and a Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Florida’s Graduate Tax Program to financial divorce disputes. Angela L. Leiner brings substantial experience in family law, civil litigation, and appellate practice. Together, they prepare financial evidence for negotiation, examination of experts, and courtroom presentation.
From our Tampa office, Mockler Leiner Law, P.A. represents clients throughout Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, Sarasota, Polk, and Hernando Counties, including Tampa, Brandon, Riverview, Valrico, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Wesley Chapel, Bradenton, Sarasota, and surrounding communities.
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