Separation and Bankruptcy in Florida: Can I file without my spouse if we are separated? In addition to being emotionally draining for most people, divorces can cause a myriad of issues with the most substantial problems being financial issues. Sometimes couples split, but don’t legally divorce. Some states recognize legal…
Can children choose what parent to live with after a divorce? The short answer is probably “no”. Most child custody lawyers would agree that custody and visitation are probably the most highly contested issues between people when relationships don’t work and the couple has had children. Whether there is a genuine…
Alimony Reduction and Termination: Alimony is often one of the most contested issues in divorce cases. For many people, the idea of paying money to financially support an ex-spouse is a disgusting idea. When the love and reverence turns to hate and disdain, making alimony payments to the ex-spouse is…
As a Jacksonville divorce lawyer, I am familiar with how messy things can get in a divorce case. People tend to have emotional responses during divorces that can sometimes cloud their judgement. For instance, the Florida Family Law Rules come right out and tell us what financial disclosures must be…
There are numerous reasons that spouses cite when filing for divorce. These reasons vary greatly. However no matter what the reason, in recent years a new trend has developed on when spouses actually file for divorce- and it is right after New Years Day. The most common time of year…
Dan Marino, probably the greatest quarterback the NFL ever produced, and champion of autism awareness, cheated on his wife of 28 years and fathered a child with an attractive television personality. Always seen as a clean cut family man and all around good guy, he’s had four children with his…
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…
Family law can be expensive, both emotionally and financially. When clients come to see a family law attorney, rarely are they happy or in a good frame of mind. With this in mind, here are a few things that are often said to family law attorneys, that in hindsight, were…
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…