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...
High conflict parents should work toward eliminating as much face-to-face contact as possible. When face-to-face contact has to occur, it is helpful for that contact to take place in a very public place with lots of other people around. This not only provides witnesses in case things get out of hand, it tends to discourage hostile behaviors...
Both during and after a divorce with children, child-centered issues can be one of the focuses of intense conflict between some parents. When parents are repeatedly unable to resolve these conflicts without court intervention, they are high conflict parents who can benefit from a special set of communication tools. Experts recommend a variety of communication techniques to minimize conflict...
Discovery is a legal term that encompasses each party’s right to literally “discover” everything they can about the other party that is relevant to a divorce or other family law issue, prior to trying to reach a settlement or going to trial. The main discovery tools in family law matters are the parties’ Mandatory Disclosure, Financial...
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...
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