Marital & Family Law

FLORIDA’S NEW EQUAL TIMESHARING PRESUMPTION

The new law requires the Court to evaluate all of the factors outlined in Section 61.13(3), Florida Statutes, and to make written findings of fact when modifying or creating a timesharing schedule. Most significantly, the new law creates a rebuttable...
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BUILDING BRIDGES, NOT WALLS: The Transformative Power of Collaborative Divorce

Divorce is often perceived as a battleground where spouses engage in emotional and financial warfare, leaving scars that can last a lifetime. However, there's a more compassionate and constructive alternative – collaborative divorce. In this blog, we'll delve into the...
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Tips For Blended Families

Divorce can present challenges for you to overcome even after it has been finalized. It would be easy to say that when your divorce papers have been signed that everything gets simpler. But that’s not reasonable. Your job, relationships, and...
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How & Why To Modify Your Alimony Payments

There are a significant number of situations that warrant—or prevent—a modification to alimony payments. Alimony is spousal support—payments made to a former spouse. Florida will not allow alimony to result in the payee (person receiving alimony) having more income than...
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How a Divorce Becomes Complex

There are common threads seen through most divorce cases: child timesharing arrangements, spousal support (alimony), and distribution of marital assets. Even the most straightforward divorced is a nuanced challenge to all parties involved—and this is why it is highly recommended that...
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A Harmful Effect of Divorce: Parental Alienation

Children have a right to maintain a meaningful relationship with both parents and to maintain frequent and continuing contact with both Mother and Father.  It goes without saying that they need to be shielded from their parents’ conflicts.  Most parents...
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4 Key Reasons Why You and Your Future Spouse Should Consider a Prenuptial Agreement

Chances are that you have fire insurance on your home. It would be unwise not to, wouldn’t it? You’re not expecting the house to ever be damaged by fire, but the insurance is there “just in case.” If it does...
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Alimony During and After Dissolution of Marriage

When couples divorce, total income may be drastically affected. In some situations, one spouse may not work at all or simply does not have the earning potential that the other spouse has. When that source of income is removed, it...
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Understanding Negligent Security

A claim for negligent security arises when someone is harmed on another person’s property because of a lack of appropriate safeguards against harm. These claims usually occur when a third-party harms someone on someone else’s property or at their establishment....
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Timesharing and Relocation in Florida

Sometimes after a divorce or separation, a parent will want to relocate further away from their prior home or even out of state due to a job opportunity, second marriage or other compelling reason.  However, when a parenting plan has...
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