There are many questions to ask when hiring a divorce attorney. But here’s one you may not have thought of: Is there an assistant you can call for questions without worrying about being billed? Many lawyers bill for everyone in the office, even when all you need is to ask a few questions about the...
Can custody agreements be changed? I have a client whose daughter no longer wants to visit her dad, despite a shared parenting agreement that splits her time with both parents. The daughter is 13 and, as anyone who has raised a child probably knows is entering a time of life when priorities change. For a...
I recently read about a nineteen year old young man who had just become acquainted with his birth father. He was struggling to support himself while attending community college and looking for answers about his newly discovered father’s obligation to pay back-owed child support. The young man sadly learned that his father owed him...
When couples file joint tax returns, both are liable for any taxes owed. Sometimes, one spouse signs the joint return without realizing that the numbers are wrong or fraudulent. Or maybe the spouse knows the return is inaccurate, but because of an abusive marital relationship, the return is signed to avoid angering the abusive spouse....
Unless and until federal appellate courts rule differently, a federal judge’s August 2014 ruling that Florida’s longstanding legal prohibitions against same sex marriage are unconstitutional is controlling law in the state. According to the federal judge, court clerks have a legal duty to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples when his judicial stay expires on...
Alimony remains a hot topic in Florida divorce law. Florida law currently offers divorcing couples a smorgasbord of alimony possibilities, so long as one spouse can prove both a need for alimony and the other spouse’s ability to pay alimony. Currently on the legal menu are temporary alimony, bridge the gap alimony, rehabilitative alimony, durational...
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