At some point in our lives, sadly, we all have to deal with loss. Individuals suffer emotionally when something or someone they love is taken away. In most cases, grief is the resulting emotion. Grief is a natural, multifaceted response to loss that includes emotional, physical, cognitive, behavioral, social, spiritual, and philosophical dimensions. But has...
After a failed attempt at alimony reform in 2013, the Florida legislature is at it again. The Florida Senate has SB 1248 in the final stages of approval while the Florida House of Representatives has HB 943 almost ready for review and passage. The two bills are strikingly similar at this point in the legislative...
Divorces occur for many different reasons. Since Florida is a “no fault” divorce state, your reasons for divorce aren’t legally important. The only requirement is that your marriage is “irretrievably broken.” But, don’t be misled by the phrase “no fault.” Even though fault (marital misconduct) is not a legally required basis for divorce, it can...
When you have a “well-founded” belief that your trial judge is biased against you and your factual grounds for this belief are legally sufficient to require the judge to grant a disqualification motion, you may decide to seek the judge’s disqualification so a new judge will be assigned to your case. This can be a...
Florida judges are supposed to maintain an impartial, fair attitude toward both parties in a divorce or other family law proceeding. Sometimes, however, one party may believe the judge favors the other party and is no longer neutral in the case. Perhaps the judge made a comment about the case or a party or a...
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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