Recent Blog Posts
When Your Self-Employed Ex-Spouse Conceals Income
A family business can create a sense of togetherness for a couple, or it can highlight the divisions that already exist between them. Fuzzy accounting is a reality for many businesses, regardless of size, and if both spouses engage in it together, it can create a sense of “us against the world.” If one… Read More »
Can You Get A Divorce Loan, And Should You?
Everyone, from party guests to standup comedians, likes to gripe about how divorce wrecked their finances, and some unhappily married people confide in their friends that the only reason they are still married is that they can’t afford to get divorced. Trying to have the cheapest possible divorce is not a good solution; it… Read More »
Equitable Distribution Of Home Mortgage Debt Can Be Complicated, But A Divorce Lawyer Can Help
If you have gotten any farther than the Google search stage of planning to divorce, you know that Florida’s equitable distribution laws do not require the court to divide the couple’s marital property evenly in half; instead, the court must divide the marital property in the fairest possible way, and it decides what is… Read More »
Long Distance Co-Parenting For The 99 Percent
Family law courts acknowledge that no two families are alike, and therefore every parenting plan is unique. Furthermore, the parenting plans reflect each family’s financial circumstances. For example, if Mom works five overnight shifts per week, the parenting plan might specify that Dad should drop off the children at Stepdad’s mother’s house every Sunday… Read More »
If You Reviewed Your Prenuptial Agreement With A Lawyer Before You Signed It, The Agreement Is Probably Valid
Florida’s equitable distribution laws, where the court divides marital assets in the fairest possible way, but not exactly equally, enable the courts to decide, on a case-by-case basis, what is fair for each couple. In practice, the court is not usually the one that decides. Most couples agree on how to distribute their property… Read More »
Does Lump Sum Alimony Count As Alimony Or As Equitable Distribution?
Given that Florida recognizes six different types of alimony, there is bound to be some confusion about which kind the court has awarded in your case. Besides this, Florida is an equitable distribution state, and equitable, which means fair, is a subjective term, so there is plenty of room for disagreement. Lump sum alimony… Read More »
A Draconian Response To A Former Spouse’s Inability To Keep Up With Alimony Payments
The law severely restricts the times when the court can treat you like a criminal when you have not been convicted of a crime. In some criminal cases, the judge will refuse to allow the defendant to post bail if there is a substantial risk that, before the trial, the defendant will flee, tamper… Read More »
Multiple Vehicle Loans Make For A Complicated Divorce
Few things are as disruptive to a person’s finances as divorce. Equitable distribution of marital assets and liabilities is not simple when the value of the assets and liabilities has changed substantially between the time the parties filed for divorce and when the court entered its final judgment dissolving the marriage. It can be… Read More »
What Good Is Permanent Alimony When It Is Only One Dollar Per Year?
You have probably heard about executives at billion-dollar companies getting a salary of one dollar per year. The fact that they are intentionally choosing a low salary is obvious, but why one dollar? Why not zero? The reason is that the IRS sees a major difference between one and zero, but not between one… Read More »
Can The Court Impose A Rotating Parenting Schedule That Neither Parent Wants?
When it comes to parenting plans, the general rule is that what is acceptable to both parents is also acceptable to the court. It is only when the parents cannot agree on how to divide parenting time that the court must make detailed findings about the children’s best interests; if you and your ex-spouse… Read More »