Spoofing is an illegal tactic used by some spouses to fabricate evidence that can be used against the other spouse in divorce litigation. Spoofing involves entering a fake telephone number to appear in another person’s caller ID instead of the actual originating phone number. Why would someone do this? To falsify evidence that the other spouse is making...
Interfaith marriages are very common nowadays. That being said, it follows that interfaith divorces are also a common occurrence. How are the divorce courts dealing with divorcing parents of different faiths who cannot or will not agree on the religious training of their children? Although it differs from state to state, Florida divorce courts seem...
Think about this situation: Your 2-year-old child fell in the bathtub and hit her head. She cries but doesn’t lose consciousness, and other than a black eye, she seems fine. She goes for timesharing with her father but before she returns, you hear a knock on your door and open it to find a Child...
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...
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...
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