8.11.24 Update: If your parenting plan was changed over the past year due to these changes, remember to notify your children's school and doctors/dentist offices or anyone who needs to be updated. Learn about more changes to Florida's Family laws and rules which can be found here. Effective on July...
Shared Parental Custody Challenges in Florida for Unmarried Parents
When parents are not married and have children together, they can face a unique set of challenges when it comes to shared parental custody. In Florida, the court considers the best interest of the child when determining custody arrangements, but the process can still be complicated for unmarried parents....
PLANNING FOR SUMMER VACATIONS WHEN SHARING CUSTODY
School’s almost over which means the joys and angst of summer are in the air. The joys of no homework (for both kids and parents). Angst for divorced or separated parents, as both parents and their families, want to spend as much time as possible with their children. And without...
THE 5 TYPES OF PERMANENT ALIMONY IN FLORIDA
ALIMONY: Definition according to Dictionary.com: "an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending." Florida provides five types of alimony: Temporary, Bridge-the-Gap, Rehabilitative, Durational or Permanent. TEMPORARY ALIMONY:...
ESTABLISHING PATERNITY UNDER FLORIDA LAW
HOW IS PATERNITY DETERMINED IN FLORIDA? If a mother is married, the mother's husband at birth is the legal father of the child. If the mother is unmarried when the child is born, but later marries the child's father, the husband becomes the legal father. But if the child is...
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FAMILY PET IN A DIVORCE?
UPDATE 1/18/22: Starting January 2022, Spain will legally recognize all animals as “sentient beings” with emotions rather than “property”, making sure that, in legal fights, the wellbeing of pets is considered above all else. Read more here 1/10/22: For many families, a pet is...
10 DIVORCE MISTAKES TO AVOID
COMMON MISTAKES TO AVOID WHEN GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE. Divorce is hard on everyone involved. Spouses or partners often experience feelings of anger, guilt, sadness, and loneliness. Although these emotions are common and are to be expected, they may lead to mistakes that can have potentially long-lasting effects on their...
GETTING DIVORCED? THE 7 GOLDEN RULES ABOUT POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
8.16.22 Update: This post focused on the soon-be-divorced. But these tips are just as relevant for the already divorced, especially when there are children involved. People have a false sense of security thinking that what they post, tweet, pin or tok is really private. It's not. One family found their...
DO YOU NEED A DIVORCE ATTORNEY OR CAN YOU GO IT ALONE?
If you and your spouse have decided to end your marriage, one of the first questions you'll have is whether you need a divorce lawyer. It's not a simple question and the answer will depend on your particular situation. As a general rule, the less that you have...