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 couples file joint tax returns, both are liable for any taxes owed. Sometimes, one spouse signs the joint return without realizing that the numbers are wrong or fraudulent. Or maybe the spouse knows the return is inaccurate, but because of an abusive marital relationship, the return is signed to avoid angering the abusive spouse....
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...
The third general type of health insurance plan available in Florida is a POS plan. These plans have some of the restrictive features of an HMO, like requiring a primary care physician to refer you for specialist care. But, like a PPO plan, a POS will pay some portion of your medical care from out...
Choosing a new health insurance plan can be amazingly confusing without a checklist to keep you focused on the plan features that are most important to you. Part one of this blog addressed the importance of reviewing a plan’s provider list of “in network” doctors, hospital, and other medical providers, and the trade-offs involved in...
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