Monthly Archives: December 2025
Does an Alimony Award Have to Put You on Equal Footing With Your Ex-Spouse to Be Fair?
Equitable distribution, where the goal is to distribute the couple’s marital property and debts fairly, but not necessarily equally, varies depending on the length of the marriage. If the marriage was brief, the goal is to disentangle the parties’ finances as if they had never been married. If they were married for 17 years… Read More »
Divorced Dads Rule
Don’t believe all the web content about how what women want in a man is money, six pack abs, or a dominant personality. When you look at who gets the most dates on dating apps or, more importantly, who has the highest conversion rate from posting a profile on a dating app to deleting… Read More »
Does Florida Have a Jolene Law?
In insurance claims and lawsuits arising from car accidents, the insurance companies or the court will always decide who is at fault for the accident. Sometimes one driver bears all of the fault, and in some cases, each driver bears a share of liability. The insurance company or court can even decide that some… Read More »
Do You Dare to Keep Your Property Separate When You Get Married?
Few experiences in life are more painful than lengthy divorce battles, where a judge must decide how to divide the couple’s marital property. This is a major reason why so many people hesitate to get married. Relationships are difficult, anyway, and so are finances. It is another reason why young people are embracing prenuptial… Read More »
Comforting Thoughts to Help You Get Through the Holidays in the Midst of Divorce
With the possible exception of young children, the holidays are a bummer for everyone except people who lack the self-awareness to realize how bummed out they are. If you are single, you get all the Schadenfreude from your family about your loneliness, or else a guilt trip about how you are wrong not to… Read More »
Disputes Over the Marital Home and How to Resolve Them
Owning a house can be a source of financial stability, but it can also cause plenty of stress. The costs of maintaining a house never seem to end, and if your mortgage has a high interest rate and you did not place a large down payment, you risk having negative equity in your home… Read More »
If You Are Getting Divorced in Florida, You Are in Good Company
Divorce rates are lower than they were a generation ago. In 1990, there were 6.1 divorce cases for every 1,000 residents in the United States. This figure has several possible interpretations. There was a spike in divorce rates after most states introduced no fault divorce in the 1970s; couples that had been unhappily married… Read More »
Yes, Paid Childcare Can Be Part of a Parenting Plan
Everywhere you look, you can find editorials about how parenting is more work than it used to be. Even though a greater percentage of mothers are in the workforce today than was the case a generation ago, working mothers spend at least as much time directly supervising their children as stay-at-home mothers did in… Read More »