In 2011 the Florida Legislature amended the Power of Attorney statute (Florida Statute 709). An important change, which affects parties involved in divorce proceedings, is the termination provision for a power of attorney when a divorce or annulment action is filed. F.S. 709.2109 provides “An agent’s authority terminates when … an action is filed for dissolution...
Just like anyone, pre-teens and teenagers also grieve in their own way when their parents divorce. Pre-teens (11-12 years old) start turning to their peers for support when they deal with their feelings of sadness, loneliness, insecurity or helplessness. They may act outwardly as if they are “cool and confident,” however pre-teens are also vulnerable...
School age children will show their grief about their parents’ divorce by continuing the me-centric thinking of the pre-school child: that they are at fault for the divorce. Elementary school age children (5 to 11 years old) will feel torn between parents and may even take sides or feel responsible for taking care of both...
A child’s grief response to divorcing parents can be somewhat predicted by their developmental age grouping at the time of the divorce. The child’s needs and responses will vary from one age grouping to another. Of course, children move through developmental stages at different rates, so the following age groupings are approximate. Infants, 0 to...
Just as you grieve during a divorce, children do too. Even though they grieve, they may also feel considerable relief when fighting stops and anger no longer defines the atmosphere of their home. However, children and adults grieve differently. Children are more likely to feel abandoned and unsure of how their lives will change when...
The last stage of grieving the loss of a relationship is acceptance. Just because a person has accepted the loss, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the divorcing spouse is now “okay” with the divorce. More likely, it means that the divorcing spouse is accepting the reality of the divorce and is learning to live with it....
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