First District Reverses on Alimony

The First District Court of Appeal reversed today in Rucker v. Rucker, a case in which the lower court awarded 18 months of bridge-the-gap alimony after a twelve and a half year marriage.  As the evidence appeared to suggest that the lower court had miscalculated the parties’ incomes, and as there were insufficient findings to determine whether alimony was awarded pursuant to the factors, the First District reversed and remanded for recalculation of the incomes and new findings of fact.