Your spouse is disabled, not employed and has no private disability insurance or reasonably priced health insurance, and you are getting a divorce. Your family law attorney reviews with you the main public benefit programs that may be available. They are: Social Security Disability (SSDI) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Medicare Medicaid Housing Assistance Program Medically Needy Program...
Picture this: You don’t receive your child support and the arrears keep increasing, your lawyer insisted that payments be made through the State Disbursement Unit (SDU) in Tallahassee, and you have a certified copy of the Clerk’s records tracking the payments (and lack thereof). If payments aren’t made through SDU, you have kept meticulous records...
Learning that your child’s other parent has moved out of state can be scary if child support payments are involved. Fortunately, there are several ways to continue collecting your child support across state lines. Probably the easiest approach if the other parent has moved to take a new job is to send his or her...
Florida has a well-deserved reputation as a haven for debtors. One of the state’s most attractive offerings is Florida’s constitutional exemption of homestead property from forced sale by creditors. Residents of other states who find themselves unable to pay their debts often decide that Florida offers an unbeatable combination of sunshine, beaches and protection from...
Garnishment is a collection remedy in Florida that can be used to collect on support arrearage debts. If your spouse is employed, an income withholding order is usually entered, triggering automatic payroll deductions for support owed. But what if your former spouse doesn’t have an employer? You may be searching for a way to collect...
A former spouse owes you an equitable distribution equalizing payment as a result of your divorce, but he or she never makes the payment, or only partially pays you. What can you do? In a family law case, garnishment of wages and or personal property is one method of collecting debts owed to you by...
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