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24 verbatim requirements from document (unlisted) [unlisted] 6108alimonyafter7_1_11.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/judge/6108alimonyafter7_1_11.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • In all dissolution actions, the court shall include findings of fact relative to the factors enumerated in subsection (2) supporting an award or denial of alimony. • (2) In determining whether to award alimony or maintenance, the court shall first make a specific factual determination as to whether either party has an actual need for alimony or maintenance and whether either party has the ability to pay alimony or maintenance. • If the court finds that a party has a need for alimony or maintenance and that the other party has the ability to pay alimony or maintenance, then in determining the proper type and amount of alimony or maintenance under subsections (5)-(8), the court shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to: • Bridge-the-gap alimony is designed to assist a party with legitimate identifiable short-term needs, and the length of an award may not exceed 2 years. • An award of bridge-the-gap alimony shall not be modifiable in amount or duration. • (b) In order to award rehabilitative alimony, there must be a specific and defined rehabilitative plan which shall be included as a part of any order awarding rehabilitative alimony. • However, the length of an award of durational alimony may not be modified except under exceptional circumstances and may not exceed the length of the marriage. • In awarding permanent alimony, the court shall include a finding that no other form of alimony is fair and reasonable under the circumstances of the parties. • In making this award of permanent alimony, the court hereby finds that no other form of alimony is fair and reasonable under the circumstances of the parties.] (9) The award of alimony may not leave the payor with significantly less net income than the net income of the recipient unless there are written findings of exceptional circumstances. • (10)(a) With respect to any order requiring the payment of alimony entered on or after January 1, 1985, unless the provisions of paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) apply, the court shall direct in the order that the payments of alimony be made through the appropriate depository as provided in s. 61.181. • (b) With respect to any order requiring the payment of alimony entered before January 1, 1985, upon the subsequent appearance, on or after that date, of one or both parties before the court having jurisdiction for the purpose of modifying or enforcing the order or in any other proceeding related to the order, or upon the application of either party, unless the provisions of paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) apply, the court shall modify the terms of the order as necessary to direct that payments of alimony be made through the appropriate depository as provided in s. • In this case, the order of support shall provide, or be deemed to provide, that either party may subsequently apply to the depository to require that payments be made through the depository. • The court shall provide a copy of the order to the depository. • The party shall provide copies of the affidavit to the court and the other party or parties. • Fifteen days after receipt of the affidavit, the depository shall notify all parties that future payments shall be directed to the depository. • In IV-D cases, the IV-D agency shall have the same rights as the obligee in requesting that payments be made through the depository. a. • Therefore, beginning MM/DD/YYYY and on the same day each month thereafter the husband shall pay to the husband wife $XXX per month as [alimony type] alimony. • Deduction Order ("IDO") shall be signed by the judge assigned to this case that directs the payor's employer and any future employer to deduct the alimony due under this order from any income due to the payor and to forward it to the depository, the “Florida Support Disbursement Unit.” The form of the IDO must comply with the form required by the United States Office of Management and • The IDO or IWO form shall be prepared by the payee or the payor and sent to the undersigned judge for signing and filing. • The court hereby orders the payor to give a copy of the IDO or IWO to his or her employer immediately upon receiving a copy of it, and if the payor does not do so then the payee must give a copy of it to the payor’s employer. • Place of Payment Alimony shall be paid by check or money order payable to and sent to the “Florida Support Disbursement Unit”, P.O. • The payor must write on each check (1) this case number and also the words (2) "Lee • Addresses and Social Security numbers Within 30 days of this order both parties are ordered to write to the “State Case Registry”, P.O. • A copy of any letter with that information sent to the “State Case Registry” must also be delivered or mailed to the Clerk of the Court, Lee County, Florida, 1700 Monroe
In all dissolution actions, the court shall include findings of fact relative to the factors enumerated in subsection (2) supporting an award or denial of alimony.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: ce19821fe38a7e102acda09b4078a774d6a4eda5539edbf0e1f9686d54319e7e. Extracted from the order's own text layer. | Title normalised 2026-07-26 for readability; the court's own asset name was "20th Cir. Document (unlisted) — [unlisted] 6108alimonyafter7_1_11". Only the display title changed — the requirement text, source URL and hash are untouched.
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