Florida is a “no fault” divorce state, meaning that either spouse may seek a divorce without showing cause for the desired separation. The spouse seeking a divorce has the option to simply claim the marriage is “irretrievably broken.” Generally, Florida courts are not concerned with which party played the greater…
Under current law, if parents of a child are living apart, the parents have to create a parenting plan that must also be approved by the court. The plan generally must outline the parents’ responsibilities and time-sharing rules. If a parent wishes to change the plan, the parent must generally…
A story from Indiana recently went viral on the Internet. It was about a woman who created a fake Facebook profile to befriend her ex-husband, David Voelkert, and get “dirt” on him to use in the couple’s custody battle. The woman thought she struck gold when her ex-husband told his…
“Can I move out of state as primary parent of my child?” As a Jacksonville Family Law Attorney, I continually receive this question and just received it again in my email. I have also previously written a blog on it. To briefly answer this question, a parent who has majority…
Florida law stipulates that families resolve differences over grandparent time-sharing within the family. However, when families are unable to resolve differences relating to grandparent time-sharing, the law provides that the family shall participate in any formal or informal mediation services that may be available. As a Jacksonville Family Law Attorney,…
As a Florida child support lawyer and a Florida child custody attorney, I deal with the percentages of overnights that a parent may spend with their child and how that effects Florida child support laws. The old law used to be that if a non majority time-sharing parent had 40%…
As a Jacksonville Child Custody Attorney I often see cases where one party will do everything in their power to sabotage the other party. This is the worst thing a parent can do who is involved in a child custody battle. Not only can certain actions put that parent in…
As a Florida child support attorney and a Florida divorce attorney, I regularly keep up with new laws effecting my clients. As such, there is a new child support law in Florida that states if the non-majority time-sharing parent spends more than twenty percent (20%) of overnights with the child…