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Divorce Law Tables - Alabama - Florida

Table 1 - Alimony/Spousal Support Factors

STATE	Statutory List	Marital Fault Not Considered	Marital Fault Relevant	Standard of Living	Status as Custodial Parent
Alabama			X	X
Alaska	X	X		X	X
Arizona	X	X		X	X
Arkansas		X
California	X	X		X
Colorado	X	X		X	X
Connecticut	X		X	X	X
Delaware	X	X		X	X
Wash D.C.			X	X
Florida	X		X	X

Table 2 - Custody Criteria

STATE	Statutory Guidelines	Children's Wishes	Joint Custody	Cooperative Parent	Domestic Violence	Health	Attorney or GAL
Alabama	X	X	X		X
Alaska	X	X	X		X		X
Arizona	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Arkansas					X
California	X	X		X	X	X	X
Colorado	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Connecticut		X	X				X
Delaware	X	X	X		X	X	X
Wash. D.C.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Florida	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Table 3 - Child Support Guidelines

STATE	Income Share	Percent of Income	Extraordinary Medical Add On*	Child-Care Add On*	College Support	UIFSA
Alabama	X	X	X	X	X
Alaska		X	X	X	X	X
Arizona	X		X	X		X
Arkansas		X	X	X		X
California	X		X	X		X
Colorado	X		X	X		X
Connecticut	X		X			X
Delaware			X	X		X
Wash. D.C.		X	X	X	X	X
Florida	X		X	X

* Source: Laura W. Morgan, Child Support Guidelines (1996)

Table 4 - Grounds for Divorce and Residency Requirements

STATE	No Fault Sole Ground	No Fault Added to Traditional	Incompatibility	Living Separate and Apart	Judicial Separation	Durational Requirements
Alabama		X	X	2 years	X	6 months
Alaska	X		X	2 years	X	6 months
Arizona	X	X			X	90 days
Arkansas		X		18 months	X	60 days
California	X				X	6 months
Colorado	X				X	90 days
Connecticut		X		18 months	X	1 year
Delaware		X	X			6 months
Wash. D.C	X			1 year	X	6 months
Florida	X					6 months

Table 5 - Property Division

STATE	Community Property	Only Marital Divided	Statutory List of Factors	Non Monetary Contributions	Economic Misconduct	Contribution to Education
Alabama		X		X		X
Alaska	X		X	X	X
Arizona	X				X	X
Arkansas		X	X	X
California	X		X	X	X	X
Colorado		X	X	X	X
Connecticut			X	X	X	X
Delaware			X	X	X	X
Wash. D.C		X	X	X	X
Florida		X	X	X	X	X

Table 6- Third Party Visitation

STATE	Stepparents	Grandparents-Death of Their Child	Grandparents-Child Divorce	Out of Wedlock	Any Interested Party
Alabama		X	X
Alaska	X	X	X	X	X
Arizona	X	X	X	X	X
Arkansas	X	X	X
California	X	X	X		X
Colorado		X	X	X
Connecticut	X	X	X	X	X
Delaware	X		X
Wash D.C.
Florida		X	X	X

Source: Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 30, No.4, Winter 1997. Published by Section of Family Law - American Bar Association.

RESIDENCY – Normally, a person must be a resident of the state where the divorce is filed. State residency requirements range from 90 days to one year.

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