Evidence taken from social media sites is being used more and more frequently in divorce litigation. Most people can figure out not to brag about spending on your new girlfriend if you have a spousal support hearing coming up, but parents don’t always realize that their parenting skills can be called into question by a...
Divorces occur for many different reasons. Since Florida is a “no fault” divorce state, your reasons for divorce aren’t legally important. The only requirement is that your marriage is “irretrievably broken.” But, don’t be misled by the phrase “no fault.” Even though fault (marital misconduct) is not a legally required basis for divorce, it can...
Unlike at least one family law court in the United Kingdom, Florida judges don’t have the option of allowing Facebook service of initial divorce documents. Florida service is governed by statute and by court procedural rules, none of which permit or even contemplate service by Facebook. The closest thing to Facebook service of court initial...
When you have a “well-founded” belief that your trial judge is biased against you and your factual grounds for this belief are legally sufficient to require the judge to grant a disqualification motion, you may decide to seek the judge’s disqualification so a new judge will be assigned to your case. This can be a...
Alimony remains a hot topic in Florida divorce law. Florida law currently offers divorcing couples a smorgasbord of alimony possibilities, so long as one spouse can prove both a need for alimony and the other spouse’s ability to pay alimony. Currently on the legal menu are temporary alimony, bridge the gap alimony, rehabilitative alimony, durational...
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...
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