My last blog shares part of my recent experience being called for jury duty in Hillsborough County. I wanted to be a good citizen, so I reported for duty on the appointed day. I thought I would sit in the big, noisy jury waiting room all day, but, in the first of several surprises that...
When you are involved in litigation, it is sometimes difficult to tell when is the right time to appeal an order. First, what is an appeal? An appeal takes the litigation to a higher reviewing court, permitting the appellate court to review the order entered by the trial court for reversible error. But don’t mistake...
Many, if not most, married couples happily combine their financial resources into jointly held accounts, investments and property. When one marital partner brings substantial wealth into the marriage, he or she may think it unromantic or untrusting to hold those funds in a separate account in only his or her name. After all, isn’t marriage...
This summer is the 60th anniversary of Billy Wilder’s classic comedy The Seven Year Itch, the story of a middle-aged, married New Yorker and his attractive young neighbor, played by Marilyn Monroe. His wife is away with the kids for a long vacation. Will he or won’t he give in to temptation? The movie and...
Parents can disagree about a lot of things, and as a family law attorney, I’ve found one of them is whether or not there should be guns in the house. Not infrequently, divorce clients have told me of their concerns when the other parent is a gun owner or “has an arsenal” that is kept...
Thanks to our United States Supreme Court, same sex couples now have the same right to marry, divorce, and timeshare with their children as opposite sex couples. All states will recognize legal marriages of same sex couples performed in other states. In fact, maybe the day isn’t too far off when the term “same-sex” is...
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