According to the National Endowment for Financial Education, 31 percent of adults in the U.S. who have combined their financial resources and assets with a spouse admit that they have withheld information or been deceptive about their finances with their spouse. Women...
Year: 2015
Will I have to pay my ex alimony?
Whether or not you will be required to pay your former spouse alimony in Florida depends on many factors unique to your situation. Because alimony is not a legal right that the courts give to everyone, your spouse will first have to request that the courts grant them...
What is Joint Custody?
If you have a child and are in the middle of a divorce, you may need to decide whether or not you will ask for joint custody. Joint custody, which is known as time-sharing in the Florida Statutes, dictates who will have responsibility for taking care of your child, as...
Alimony reform bill resurrected in Florida Senate
Although Florida State legislators allowed a recent alimony reform bill to expire this April, changes to the law may still be coming. The Florida Senate website shows that a sponsoring senator recently filed a new bill, Senate Bill 250, which aims to make many of the...
What do kids need during a divorce?
In addition to dealing with property division, child custody, visitation rights and other decisions when going through a divorce, Florida parents must also help their children directly. Each child will have a unique reaction to and understanding of a parents’...
Children left for an hour at federal office
In Florida, there are laws designed to keep children safe. For example, child custody rights may be lost if a parent shows signs of abusing or neglecting their children, even if the instance of abuse or neglect is not considered “extreme”. This is the case...
Can you prevent your child from being internationally abducted?
It’s a scary situation to think about. All of the rulings have been passed, the court has said its final word on child custody, but the other parent is not satisfied and decides to take matters into their own hand by abducting your child and absconding to another...
Children soon to be reunited with returned army mother
Child custody laws in any state can be tricky, including Florida. Though child custody is often associated with a couple that is going into divorce proceedings, that is not always the case. Custody battles can be fought without divorce being involved, and these...
Courts have a say in what’s best for a child
Dealing with child custody cases in divorce can be difficult. This is especially true if you are facing a heated split. Figuring out a schedule for yourself, your ex-spouse and your child can be time consuming and frustrating. This is where the court’s help may...
What can you keep when you are dividing property?
One question that many divorcing couples may have revolves around property division. While there are some laws that lay out what needs to be divided and what can be kept, it is usually up to the couple themselves to figure out what they will part with and what they...