Florida child support is based off of a formula that is used to calculate the amount of periodic payments that have to be made by a noncustodial parent. The goal behind child support enforcement is to have the parents, rather than the State of Florida, take care of children. Of…
“Why is divorce so expensive? Because it’s worth it. “- Unknown As a Jacksonville divorce lawyer, I can tell you that the average person that is thinking of divorce worries about the cost of divorce. The ugly truth is that divorce can be expensive, but divorce does not have to…
In Florida, the biological fathers of children born out of wedlock have few, or no rights, regarding the children until the court establishes paternity. Florida Statute 744.301 makes a child’s mother the natural guardian when a child is born to unmarried parents. Mothers are deemed to have automatic custody when…
Child custody and time sharing battles in Florida divorces are always stressful situations for the people involved. Jacksonville divorce lawyers and custody lawyers zealously represent clients who each want something different when it comes to custody or time sharing. The judge hearing the case has to decide what is in…
1. “I brought my ‘friend’ with me to the interview.” You and I have an attorney client privilege. But once you bring in a third party, whether it’s a friend, a lover or whoever, the benefit of the attorney client privilege is gone. Unless that third party is named in…
The last several days we looked at laws Jacksonville, Florida parents should know about. This is the last installment in this series. 18. I am not sure that I want my kids vaccinated against all of the diseases that my pediatrician recommends. I have heard about negative side effects. Do…
Yesterday we looked at laws Jacksonville, Florida parents should know about. Here are a few more. 9. My kid is always bruised from playing. His teacher suspected we were abusing him and called the police and DCF on us. Why did she do that? She was following Florida law, which…
An order to show cause is a type of court order that requires one or more parties in a court proceeding to come to court to justify, explain, or prove something to the court. Typically it means the Judge in a case needs more information before he or she decides…
So what do you do when your Ex Spouse decides that since you are now out of state, he or she can ignore his or her child support order or obligations? An out of state child support order can be “domesticated” in Florida even if the obligation was created from…
In family law, there are several remedies at the court’s discretion that comprise the toolbox of Family Law. One of these tools is the Child Support Lien. A “lien” is a recorded claim against property such as real estate. This property can be seized or sold to satisfy and discharge…