Revamped alimony bill gets the green light from Senate committee
Sen. Joe Gruters
The measure to allows courts to grant alimony to either party in the form of “temporary, bridge-the-gap, rehabilitative, or durational alimony, as is equitable,” while removing the term “permanent in nature” from the statutes, passed through the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee March 23.
SB 1416 marks the third time Sarasota Republican Sen. Joe Gruters has brought a form of alimony reform to the Senate floor.