A grass-roots bid to drastically limit alimony in Florida fizzled when the Florida Senate failed to vote on a bill matching legislation that passed 83-30 in the House several weeks before the close of Florida’s 2012 legislative session. The proposed legislation was sponsored by Miami-Dade Sen.Miguel Diaz del la Portilla and gained national exposure after being highlighted in USA Today, The New York Times and featured by broadcast journalist Anderson Cooper.
The language of the proposed legislation receiving the most attention was the elimination of permanent alimony from Florida law. The proposed legislation stood to abolish permanent alimony and instead create a new form of alimony labeled long-term alimony. Under the proposed reform, long-term alimony would be awarded in marriages only longer than 20 years and only for a period of time not to exceed sixty percent of the length of the marriage. Furthermore, long-term alimony would automatically terminate upon the alimony payor reaching retirement age, regardless of the payor’s actual ability to work.
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