In 2005, Senate Bill 152 changed Florida law concerning modification or termination of alimony. The cohabitation statute in Florida can now modify or terminate alimony if the person receiving the payments is living with someone else. However, the kind of relationship between the recipient and the other individual has to be supportive. You should know that you’re not entitled to a life-long obligation of alimony payments. These payments can be modified or terminated if there are substantial pieces of evidence to prove that your ex-spouse is cohabiting with another wage earner. Having suspicions or being sure that your ex-partner is cohabiting with someone else must be determined. Confirming such suspicions is quite tricky. There are standards that your evidence must meet before the court modifies or terminates your payments.
The best way to gather the right evidence to prove your suspicions is by hiring private investigators. Nation security offers you the best private investigators in Florida and the United States at large. We provide private investigators who are experts and have a keen logical and analytical mind. They remain tactful during every investigation, keeping their focus on every possible detail. We are discreet in our services, and we treat every single case with the utmost confidentiality. Our trained private investigators handle every case ethically and professionally. These qualities allow them to carry out your investigation services without leaving any stone unturned. Our alimony cohabitation investigation procedures are swift and efficient.
Our professionals’ experience and proficient knowledge give them the adequacy to prove cohabitation in the following ways:
- Surveillance: Video footage and photographs are considered the best pieces of evidence in proving cohabitation. The camera, they say, does not lie. We use mobile and static surveillance methods to keep tabs on your ex-spouse and the suspected partner. We monitor their goings in and comings out of their residence. We understand how useful video evidence is in proving cohabitation. Therefore, we strive to cover times when your ex-spouse and partner are involved in activities such as engagement in yard work, house maintenance, mail retrieval, and others. All these demonstrate that they are living as an exclusive couple.
- Asset and background checks: We carry out this step to establish your ex-spouse’s financial status and the new partner. Our expert private investigators perform hidden asset searches to carry out their findings. We sift through public records, vehicle ownership records, business-related reports, and other records to ascertain that the couple shares the same address, bills, and vehicles.
- Trash pull: Many private investigators leave this aspect out of their investigations. However, we include it in our services at Nation Security. Trash pull allows our private investigators to find essential items such as notes, letters, and documents that suggest a supportive relationship.
- Conducting interviews / gathering statements: Being discreet and confidential, we collect information from the neighborhood concerning the connection between your ex-spouse and the suspected partner. We keep this until the end of our investigation. It helps us to shed more light on how people view the information.
All these and many others are what we can offer you at Nation Security. We help you in gathering high-quality, court-admissible evidence that will prove that your ex-spouse is in a marital type relationship. This investigation, in turn, may put an end to your alimony payments, or at least reduce it. Contact us today!
FAQ's
Alimony, also known as spousal support, is a court-ordered payment made by one spouse to the other after a divorce or separation to help support the recipient spouse’s living expenses.
Cohabitation is when two people live together and have a romantic relationship, but are not married. In the context of alimony, cohabitation can affect the amount and duration of spousal support payments.
Cohabitation can affect alimony payments in two ways. First, if the recipient spouse is cohabiting with someone and receiving financial support from that person, the paying spouse may be able to petition the court to reduce or terminate spousal support payments. Second, if the recipient spouse is cohabiting with someone but not receiving financial support from that person, the paying spouse may be able to petition the court to modify spousal support payments based on the recipient spouse’s reduced living expenses.
Courts consider a variety of factors when deciding whether cohabitation affects alimony payments, including the length and stability of the cohabitation, the financial arrangements between the cohabiting couple, and the impact of the cohabitation on the recipient spouse’s need for spousal support.
It depends on the specific circumstances of the case. A paying spouse may be able to petition the court to reduce or terminate alimony payments if the recipient spouse is cohabiting and receiving financial support from the cohabiting partner. However, the paying spouse must be able to demonstrate that the cohabitation has a significant impact on the recipient spouse’s need for spousal support.
Yes, it’s advisable to hire an experienced family law attorney if you’re involved in an alimony cohabitation case. An attorney can help you understand your rights and obligations, gather evidence, negotiate with the other party, and represent you in court if necessary.