UPDATE Senate Bill 668: Governor Rick Scott Makes a Decision Regarding Florida Alimony and Child Custody Bill
Did Governor Rick Scott veto the much debated family law bill that was recently presented to him? How will his decision affect Florida divorce attorneys? Will his decision affect trust and estate litigators? Why did he decide what he did? Did he make the right decision?
Florida Family Law & Probate Litigation
- A recent Palm Beach Post article ,dated April 9, 2016, discussed a controversial alimony and child custody bill that had landed on Governor Rick Scott’s desk.
- Frequently, Florida divorce cases lead to an appeal.
- Therefore, litigators West Palm Beach are often needed.
- In addition, a Florida probate lawyer can be necessary.
- What does a Florida trust and estates attorney have to do with divorce?
- Many probate trials and estate disputes deal with Florida prenuptial agreements and the rights of a widow or ex-husband or ex-spouse to the estate of a deceased Florida resident.
Senate Bill 668: Vetoed by Governor Rick Scott
- Senate Bill 668, would have made drastic changes to Florida’s alimony and child custody laws, affecting both family law cases and trust and estates litigation.
- What does this mean?
- It means that Governor Scott’s decision could of had a huge effect on divorce attorneys Boca Raton, Family Law attorneys Delray Beach, trust and estates lawyers, and their clients.
- According to the Palm Beach Post article, Governor Scott’s office received almost 9,000 emails and calls insisting that he sign the bill.
- However, he also received almost 2,500 emails and calls urging him to veto it.
- What did he do?
- On April 15,2016, he VETOED it.
- Why?
- According to an April 15,2016 Florida Politics article, he told the Secretary of State, that “current law directs a judge to consider the needs and interests of the children first when determining a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule.”
- He believed that the bill ” put the wants of a parent before the child’s best interest.”
- This is not the first alimony reform attempt that he has vetoed.
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Click here to read the full Florida Politics article about Governor Scott’s veto.
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