A common award in divorces is the temporary exclusive use and possession of the marital home until the youngest minor child turns age eighteen or graduates from high school. Usually the divorcing spouses must sell the home and split the proceeds when the period of exclusive use and possession ends. Rarely is any consideration given...
Most people think that child neglect involves the caretaker harming a child in some way by a lack of care. Florida law, however, doesn’t require that any actual harm occur to the child; just exposing the child to a potentially dangerous situation can be enough. A recent Florida appeals court decision agreed with the trial...
Florida law is strict about requiring court permission to relocate with your children during or after a divorce if the other parent doesn’t agree to the move. This type of court permission can sometimes be difficult to get, particularly if the other parent lives locally and is involved in the children’s day-to-day lives. But what...
The third general type of health insurance plan available in Florida is a POS plan. These plans have some of the restrictive features of an HMO, like requiring a primary care physician to refer you for specialist care. But, like a PPO plan, a POS will pay some portion of your medical care from out...
Choosing a new health insurance plan can be amazingly confusing without a checklist to keep you focused on the plan features that are most important to you. Part one of this blog addressed the importance of reviewing a plan’s provider list of “in network” doctors, hospital, and other medical providers, and the trade-offs involved in...
Are you shocked to learn that you will be dropped from your spouse’s health insurance plan as soon as the ink dries on your divorce final judgment? For a spouse who has enjoyed getting health insurance benefits through a husband or wife’s work plan, it can be a daunting task to figure out health coverage...
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