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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Custody Battle May Involve Parental Alienation
In 2016, Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt after he got into an altercation with his son Maddox on a plane that resulted in an FBI investigation. You may have heard about the custody...
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New Ruling by Florida Supreme Court Gives A Remedy For Biological Fathers in...
In Simmonds v. Perkins, No. SC17-1963 (Fla. 2018), the Florida Supreme Court decided to take up the question of whether a biological father is entitled to rebut the common law presumption that the...
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Can Monetary Gifts From Family Be Considered Income for Alimony or Child...
In some marriages, a spouse’s parents may supplement the family income with monetary gifts, which may be an issue later on if the husband and wife divorce. Can one spouse argue that the other spouse...
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Enhancement In Value: When Can It Be A Marital Asset?
In Florida, the enhancement of value of a nonmarital asset could be declared by a divorce court to be a marital asset. Most of the time you see this when one spouse’s nonmarital asset is alleged by...
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Child Support in Florida: Working Overtime or Second Job
When parties come to family court in Florida for paternity, dissolution of marriage, or child support proceedings, income of the parties can become very important in calculations and is examined...
View ArticleParenting Plans in Florida: What Do They Include?
In Florida, divorces with children involved primarily focus on the parenting plan first. The parenting plan determines numerous factors in raising your children and will be the document most referred...
View ArticleWhat to Consider Regarding Equitable Distribution in Florida
Divorces in Florida typically split the parties’ assets and liabilities down the middle as much as possible. Determining what is a marital asset or liability or a non-marital asset or liability can be...
View ArticleAlimony and Child Support In Florida
That dreaded word in a divorce: Alimony. Alimony is determined by the court after looking at one party’s actual need versus one party’s ability to pay. After equitable distribution is determined, the...
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Florida Divorces: QDRO Tips and Tools
Family law clients always ask me, “What is a QDRO?” (pronounced informally “Quad-Row”) QDRO is an acronym for Qualified Domestic Relations Order, which is a court order that grants a party a right to...
View ArticleFLORIDA’S PARENTAL RELOCATION STATUTE. DOES IT PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS OR...
In Florida, can a divorced or single parent move with or without their child? If you have made arrangements to move with your child without being sure you are acting legally, think again. The...
View ArticleShould Children be Allowed to Testify in a Florida Divorce Case?
SHOULD CHILDREN BE PERMITTED TO TESTIFY IN A CUSTODY CASE? One of the most common questions we get is if children can or should be allowed to testify in a divorce or child custody case....
View ArticleWill the Coronavirus Affect Your Children’s Custody?
Can Child Custody be modified because of COVID-19? What temporary and permanent changes are inevitable? With the outbreak of the Coronavirus, life has changed. Some changes are temporary, and some...
View ArticleIs Adultery a Factor in a Florida Divorce?
Adultery can certainly be a factor in a divorce. However, adultery is only relevant for limited purposes. Florida is sometimes referred to as a no-fault divorce state. This only means that proving...
View ArticleWHAT SHOULD AN UNWED FATHER KNOW ABOUT OBTAINING CUSTODY?
Unwed fathers may believe that it is unlikely or impossible to gain custody of their child when they were never married to the child’s mother. Fathers with this attitude should think again, as the...
View ArticleHOW IS CHILD SUPPORT TIED TO TIMESHARING?
Child support is essentially a payment from the higher income parent to the lower income parent. Child support and timesharing have an interesting relationship. The law values the child and parent...
View ArticleWhat Can Happen When a Parent Violates a Parenting Plan?
Florida requires parents who are divorcing or are subject to a paternity action to have a parenting plan in place. A parenting plan can be agreed to or simply entered by the court. However, once the...
View ArticleCAN UNEMPLOYMENT LOWER YOUR CHILD SUPPORT?
There are cases where a non-custodial parent is unemployed and has little or no income. Even a person with little or no income can still have an obligation to pay child support. This is because a...
View ArticleIn Florida, When Does Child Support End?
For some, child support is an ongoing obligation that holds no light at the end of a long tunnel that can extend over 18 years. Every situation is different and the answer as to when child support...
View ArticleIs An Uncontested Divorce In Your Best Interest?
An uncontested divorce is a proceeding to return two married persons to the status of being single in which all of the details of the divorce are reached with an out of court agreement. As a...
View ArticleLitigation After Divorce. Do You Know Your Rights?
It is important to know your rights following a divorce. The final judgment of dissolution and the parenting plan determine the legal playing field for the future. However, most issues are dynamic....
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