Division of Pensions and Retirement Accounts In a Florida Divorce
Fri, Nov 18, 2022
Pensions and retirement assets are often among the largest and most significant assets at issue in a divorce proceeding. Florida’s equitable distribution law recognizes that some retirement assets are marital, some are non-marital and others are a c... Read More
Current Overview of Alimony in Florida
Fri, Oct 14, 2022
The Florida legislature attempted to eliminate permanent alimony three times over the past ten years. However, those bills were vetoed twice by then Governor Rick Scott and once by current Governor Ron DeSantis. For better or worse, alimony is alive ... Read More
2021 Alimony Reform in Florida Dies
Mon, Apr 26, 2021
Republican legislators have been trying to reform Florida’s alimony law for nearly a decade. If parties are married 17 years or more in Florida, it’s considered a long term marriage with a presumption for permanent alimony. Permanent can be an awfu... Read More
Court Denies Request to Terminate Alimony Despite Ex-Wife’s Remarriage
Tue, Apr 02, 2019
In a December 2018 opinion, a Florida appeals court upheld a trial court’s denial of the former husband’s request to terminate his permanent alimony obligation after his ex-wife remarried. Normally, permanent alimony terminates upon the remarriage or... Read More
Divorced Spouses Don't Make Good Business Partners
Mon, Dec 10, 2018
There’s usually a pretty good reason that a couple is getting divorced. In my experience, one of the spouses is unhappy with the other due to incompatibility, infidelilty or mental health issues. And, if the parties don’t make good marriage partners... Read More
Paul Rice inducted into the Civic League of the Halifax Area.
Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Paul Rice of the Rice Law Firm was recently inducted into the Civic League of the Halifax Area. The organization was formed in 1963 and is a non-partisan, non-profit group of community leaders in the greater Daytona Beach, Florida area. Read More
Paul Rice Chairs Family Law Meeting
Wed, May 16, 2018
Paul Rice of the Rice Law Firm recently chaired a meeting of the Volusia County Bar Association's Family Law Section on May 3, 2018, at the Volusia County Courthouse Annex in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Section meets two to three times per year to di... Read More
