Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: divorce

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Much more information is necessary in order to answer your question. Child support is based on the combined net income of the parties pursuant to the statutory guidelines set forth in Florida Statute 61.30. You can view the guidelines online at:

http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/childsupport/guidlines.html

Alimony is far more complex and is not guaranteed. Generally, it is only awarded in a long term marriage when the spouse has no ability to earn her or his own income.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.

Re: divorce

There isn't enough information here to give you an accurate answer on child support. The statutes provide a table and formula to calculate child support. It is based on NET income, though and you must know the various deductions from gross income that are allowed and you must know them for both parents. If you are doing your divorce yourself, you will have to get a worksheet to go through the formula as well as much more information to plug in.

As for alimony, there are many factors that go into whether one get it, what kind, and how much. There are statutory factors as well and include such things as length of the marriage, lifestyle, ability to pay, need, assets, ability to get income... Alimony, if awarded, is one of the deductions taken on gross income prior to calculating child support.