Can a person in Florida request alimony after the divorce is over?

As a whole, the answer is no, unless there is a reservation for jurisdiction of such or the court has already awarded alimony. If you get a divorce and there is no alimony payable from one spouse or former spouse to the other, than the court no longer has jurisdiction, the legal capability of awarding alimony at any time thereafter. That’s why you sometimes see in cases where alimony should be awarded but they can’t find the money to pay it at the time of the dissolution of marriage action, that the court orders a dollar a month or a dollar a year to simply reserve that jurisdiction for the needy spouse to come back later. Obviously, if you are awarded alimony in a case, you can then try to go back and get it, unless there is an agreement that it be non-modifiable.

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