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...
Picture this: You don’t receive your child support and the arrears keep increasing, your lawyer insisted that payments be made through the State Disbursement Unit (SDU) in Tallahassee, and you have a certified copy of the Clerk’s records tracking the payments (and lack thereof). If payments aren’t made through SDU, you have kept meticulous records...
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...
Learning that your child’s other parent has moved out of state can be scary if child support payments are involved. Fortunately, there are several ways to continue collecting your child support across state lines. Probably the easiest approach if the other parent has moved to take a new job is to send his or her...
The Fourth Amendment guarantees a person the right not to be unreasonably searched. Much of the law interpreting and applying the Fourth Amendment in various criminal cases was created before a person could carry a huge variety of personal details about their life in a palm-sized cellphone. Two considerations are at the heart of these...
Many unmarried couples today view home ownership as a highly desirable goal for the same reasons that married couples want to own their own home. The purchase of a home by an unmarried couple is more legally complicated, however, than a married couple’s home purchase. There is no question that if you are close to...
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