All of us want to keep our litigation expenses at a minimum when we are going through a divorce. Sometimes, however, it pays to spend more to hire a valuation expert. This is frequently true if financial issues involve substantial alimony claims and equitable distribution of high net worth assets. If your divorce is complicated...
In conjunction with naming a Preneed Guardian to care for your minor child in the event of the deaths of both parents, parents with significant assets passing to a minor child will want to plan both for how these assets will be passed to the child and who will be the guardian or caretaker of...
In light of recent articles surfacing, unmarried couples who live together in Florida may be very surprised to learn that they are breaking the law. Chapter 798.02, a law that was passed in 1868, prohibits unmarried opposite sex couples are prohibited from cohabiting without marriage. This is a law that is still in the books and...
Under Florida law, s. 741.30(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2014), a judge can enter a domestic violence injunction in favor of a person who is either the victim of domestic violence or who has reasonable cause to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of any act of domestic violence. The crime...
The popular view of a psychopath as an extreme anti-social person like a serial killer is misleading. You may be surprised to learn that you are married to or divorced from a psychopath when you discover that psychopaths can lead very ordinary lives. In fact, psychopaths are often initially quite charming and entertaining with high...
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...
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