Cohabitation Attorney in Orlando

Cohabitation Issues and Fathers' Rights

There are many women who take advantage of alimony payments, continuing to receive them long after they have established a meaningful relationship with another. Up until 2005, as long as they did not marry, they were legally entitled to continue to receive support from an ex-spouse. Due to a high profile case that challenged this situation, a new law was enacted in Florida that allows an ex-spouse to challenge having to continue to pay alimony payments when the prior spouse has begun to reside with another in a relationship that is considered to be supportive in nature. Gender is not a factor in this law, so even same sex relationship where one person is supporting the other can lead to being able to eliminate alimony payments.

An Orlando fathers' rights attorney can assist you in fighting for your rights as a father and husband in disputing continued alimony payments by legally discovering proof of cohabitation that involves a supportive relationship. If this can be evidenced in some manner, you may be able to legally stop paying further support to your ex-spouse.

Termination of Support

In order to terminate support payments, a filing must be made with the court showing evidence that cohabitation on the part of your ex-spouse is occurring and that they are in a supportive relationship. Factors that will be reviewed by the court would include whether the parties are living together and for how long, do they act as a married couple such as sharing the same last name, have they purchased real estate or other property together, do they share financial assets and what amount of support is received by the ex-spouse from this relationship. With the aggressive legal help of attorneys at Katz & Phillips, P.A., you can feel confident your best interests will be pursued when attempting to prove cohabitation with a supportive relationship exists.

Contact an Orlando Cohabitation Lawyer when facing issues of alimony payments when your ex-spouse is now cohabiting with another.