Florida law currently voids many life insurance beneficiary designations made pre-divorce by one spouse on behalf of the other spouse upon their divorce. Florida Statute 732.703, effective on July 1, 2012, legally treats a pre-divorce beneficiary spouse as if he or she pre-deceased the spouse holding the life insurance policy. Pre-divorce beneficiary designations for other types of...
Does your MSA (marital settlement agreement) include your ex-spouse’s obligation to maintain life insurance naming you as the beneficiary to secure future support payments in case of his or her death? Better look again, because the law has changed, and you may have lost that benefit even though it’s included in your divorce final judgment. Florida Statute...
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...
This is a tough issue for Florida grandparents blocked from spending time with their grandchildren by one or both of the natural/adoptive parents of the grandchildren. The problem is that the U.S. Constitution and Florida’s Constitution are interpreted by the courts to defeat any legal right to grandparent visitation over the objection of one or...
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...
Many unmarried couples today view home ownership as a highly desirable goal for the same reasons that married couples want to own their own home. The purchase of a home by an unmarried couple is more legally complicated, however, than a married couple’s home purchase. There is no question that if you are close to...
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