Divorce Support Forums: Spousal and Child Support Questions

My wife is initiating a Florida divorce process and I have several questions:

1) A few months ago we had planned on moving together to another state with our kids after I took a new job. I am the principal wage earner (she established a business 2 years ago that is growing but is small) If we divorce, I will want to consider moving back to FL to be closer to the kids. I doubt I will be able to obtain a job with similar compensation if I do so. How can this be factored into the support payments (BTW I have no qualms paying whatever equitable support may be).

2) I understand I will most likely be able to keep my kids on my company's insurance plan as dependents. Can divorced spouses typically remain on corporate programs as well? I will be checking on this with my HR department to see what our company's policies are, but I'd appreciate knowing what the norm is and whether this is an additional amount (insurance premiums) that I need to make sure gets covered explicitly through spousal support.

3. I realize many factors are considered in determining child and spousal support payments. Are there cases where these, combined, can be as high as or exceed 70% of take home pay or would it be more reasonable to expect these to be near 50-60% ?

Thanks,

Joe

Edited by Joe C (04/27/08 10:30 AM)