Recent Blog Posts
Do You Waive Your Right To Equitable Distribution By Signing A Religious Marriage Or Divorce Document?
The family courts do not rule on matters of religion, but many couples follow the laws of their faith traditions regarding marriage or divorce. If the Florida courts dissolve the marriage of a Catholic couple, this has no bearing on whether the Church annuls their marriage. Orthodox Judaism only considers a marriage dissolved after… Read More »
On Divorcing Your Spouse For The Second Time
Every millennial knows about Eminem’s love-hate relationship with his ex-wife Kim, but not all of them know that they were married to each other twice. Their two-decade romance included two brief periods of marriage, once from 1999 until 2001 and then again from 2006 until 2007. For that matter, NeNe Leakes married her husband… Read More »
When Former Spouses Continue To Fight Over The Marital Home After Two Divorces
When a friend is going through a divorce and fears that their relationship with their children will never be the same, a natural response is to point to examples of divorced people whose grown children have emulated their parents’ successes in life. Perhaps you have seen Wolfgang van Halen perform on stage with his… Read More »
Before You Sign A Marital Settlement Agreement, Make Sure You Have All The Facts
Sometimes long marriages unravel slowly, such that, by the time the parties file for divorce, they have been living separately for years. In cases like these, they may have worked out a new normal where each spouse lives on his or her own income or where the wealthier spouse pays the financially disadvantaged spouse… Read More »
Trying To Collect Overdue Child Support In Florida Is The Absolute Worst
A recent report in the Tampa Bay Times tells the stories of families who have struggled to collect child support through the Florida Department of Revenue only to encounter endless delays or exes who game the system by paying trivial amounts of money toward their overdue balances just to continue stringing the Department of… Read More »
How Soon After Moving To Florida Can You Go To Court To Establish A Parenting Plan?
If you have done the first round of Internet research in preparation for filing for divorce or setting up a parenting plan with your ex-partner with whom you share a child, you may have read that there is a residency requirement, but what does that mean? What is the definition of a Florida resident… Read More »
How Will The Great Resignation Affect Your Child Support Case?
Child support obligations don’t last forever, and neither does the COVID-19 pandemic, but they both feel like an eternity. These days, it feels like so much is outside our control, and an increasing number of workers, especially those with children at home, are feeling burnt out. Conditions at work are becoming increasingly predictable, and… Read More »
What Happens To Parenting Plans And Child Support When A Teen Gets A Job?
Some kids are born entrepreneurs, and some teenagers realize that the best way to get their parents to stop bossing them around is to become financially independent. Whatever their motivations for looking for a job, Florida law permits adolescents ages 14 and older to seek legal employment, although there are some restrictions on the… Read More »
What Is Split Custody In Florida Family Law?
Co-parenting after divorce is easier for some families than it is for others. In some cases, it is obvious what kind of time sharing arrangement works best for your family, based on your children’s schedules, as well as yours and your ex-spouse’s. Therefore, some couples are able to formalize the details of their parenting… Read More »
Women Make The First Move In Most Divorce Cases
By now, it is common knowledge that more divorce filings occur on the first business Monday in January than on any other day of the year; that day even goes by the name Divorce Monday. Did you know that most of the people who file divorce petitions or initiate contact with divorce lawyers on… Read More »
