Wellington's equestrian community includes many households where one spouse manages a business or competition schedule while the other manages the home, supports the riding career, or handles the administrative side of an equine operation. When a long marriage structured around that division of roles ends, the income disparity between the spouses at the time of divorce can be significant. Florida courts consider the standard of living established during the marriage as one factor in evaluating whether alimony is appropriate and in what form.
Alimony negotiations in Palm Beach County divorce cases are more consequential when the marital income was high and the marriage was long. Brodzki Jacobs advises Wellington clients on the realistic range of alimony outcomes given their specific circumstances — length of marriage, income history, each spouse's earning capacity, and the lifestyle the marriage supported — so they can negotiate from an informed position rather than reacting to what the other side proposes.
