Until recently, the rule was that if you paid alimony payments in Florida to an ex-spouse, you had the ability to deduct the payments from your taxes, while the alimony recipient paid taxes on it. Though alimony laws varied from state to state, that was a universal constant. However, federal legislation that goes into effect in the new year will turn the old rules on their heads.
How do new tax laws affect alimony?
Who gets custody when the parents are unmarried?
If you have a child outside of wedlock in Florida, you may wonder what happens when you are the other parent separate. Who gets custody of your child? How do you develop a visitation schedule? If you were getting a divorce, then these things are pretty straightforward and handled through that legal process. When there is no legal separation in your relationship, what happens?
