CS for SB 1248 - Family Law Summary

• Establishes presumptive alimony guidelines based on formulas using years of marriage and income difference, with courts required to make written findings to deviate from calculated ranges.

• Creates presumption that approximately equal time-sharing between both parents is in the best interest of the child, requiring written findings of fact if courts order unequal time-sharing.

• Prohibits modification of alimony duration (though amount may be modified) and establishes that remarriage of alimony obligor does not constitute grounds for modification.

• Caps combined alimony and child support awards at 55 percent of payor's net income, with child support adjusted downward if the combined total exceeds this threshold.

• Expands grounds for alimony modification to include when actual income exceeds imputed income by 10 percent, involuntary unemployment for 6 months, and retirement at customary age.