Category Archives: Family Law
Vexatious Litigation and Florida Family Law
Going back to family court after your divorce becomes final is more common than you might expect. People make mistakes, and judges are people. Some people go to court to appeal unfair decisions by judges or to seek to reverse rulings made based on a faulty interpretation of evidence. Even when the spouses or… Read More »
What Does Florida’s New Hope Card Law Mean for Your Family Law Case?
In the past few years, several states have changed their laws to ensure a more thorough response by law enforcement and other institutions to incidents of domestic violence. Too often, law enforcement has only formally drawn the distinction after the fact between a business-as-usual fight between two hot-tempered spouses, on the one hand, and… Read More »
Does Florida Have Common Law Marriage?
When is a married couple not married? Is it possible to not know for sure whether you are truly married to your spouse? These are the kind of thoughts that never pass through your mind until you are watching Netflix alone late at night, and an offhand comment made by a character in a… Read More »
Procrastination After Divorce Can Lead to Financial Woes in the Future
Getting divorced is a slog, and it is a relief to be legally single again. It is no wonder that some party planners in South Florida dedicate a page of their websites to divorce parties. You deserve to celebrate making it through your divorce and to share a toast to your new life with… Read More »
What Happens To The Marital Property In A Marriage Annulment?
Annulment of marriage is when the court declares that a marriage never existed. Most annulments happen very shortly after the marriage ceremony, because the parties quickly realize that they are unsuitable marriage partners for each other. Millennials will remember that, for exactly one weekend in early 2004, Britney Spears was married to her childhood… Read More »
It’s Still Marital Property If You Acquired It After You And Your Spouse Separated
According to Florida law, when a couple gets divorced, all their marital property is subject to equitable distribution, which means that the court will divide it in the fairest way possible. Unless you sign a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement indicating otherwise, all income the parties earn and all the assets they acquire during the… Read More »
Will a Mental Illness Diagnosis Affect Your Parenting Plan?
The news headlines show you that the stigma surrounding mental health issues is much less than it was a generation ago. It is now possible to talk openly with your friends and family about medication side effects and the ups and downs of relationships with therapists. Having to disclose your mental health diagnosis to… Read More »
Reasons for Marriage Annulment in Florida
If asked to name what the family courts do in Florida, the first things that come to mind are probably divorce, child custody and child support decisions, and adoption. You probably do not think of annulment. Today, we most often hear of marriage annulment in a religious context, such as if a church annuls… Read More »
When Divorced Parents Disagree About Children’s Medical Care
Medical conditions, especially chronic ones, do not always have one universally agreed upon method for how best to manage them. Even in cases where almost all physicians would recommend the same treatment, the decision to pursue the treatment is not always easy. For example, parents may wish to delay having a child undergo surgery… Read More »
Florida Parenting Plans and Parents’ Mental Health
The good news is that society’s awareness of mental health and mental illness are increasing, and thus, the stigma against seeking treatment for a psychiatric illness has lessened during our lifetimes. Today, nearly one in five Americans has received a diagnosis of a mental illness at least once in their lifetime. Now that almost… Read More »