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When one spouse needs long-term care, it can be a significant drain on the couple's assets. There have been situations in which long-term care needs eat up the money people were saving for retirement. Of course, once a couple's assets are low enough, they can just get...
The Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act is a special law designed to honor the ex-spouses of military service members by allowing them to maintain certain military benefits that they enjoyed during the course of their marriages. Aside from the ability to...
The process of divorce complicates many family relationships, including the connection between children and their grandparents. The state of Florida currently does not have extensive laws allowing for grandparents’ visitation privileges, but the Sun Sentinel...
If you're like a lot of workers, you think about your pension plan twice: When you get the job and they explain the plan to you, and when you retire. In between, you don't pay much attention to it and just let it go on its own. However, if you're getting divorced,...
When you think about divorce being tough on kids, you typically think of young children who still live at home. These are school-aged kids who wanted a stable home environment. Parents will even, in some cases, decide to stay together until the kids grow up and then...
Going through a divorce is usually challenging for everyone involved. Whether you have lingering feelings for your spouse, are worried about your children or feel overwhelmed by financial changes, divorce takes an emotional toll. It is important to learn coping skills...
In the state of Florida, we have a divorce law informally known as the "50-mile rule." It is formally known as the Relocation Statute, and it prevents the custodial parent of a child from moving over 50 miles away from their current residence if a Florida court order...
This second installment in our two-part series on retirement benefits takes a closer look at qualified domestic relations orders. QDROs can be an efficient way to satisfy alimony, child support or property division obligations in a divorce. When a court issues a QDRO...
Divorcing couples in Florida must divide their marital property in a way that is fair, unless a prenuptial agreement provides other instructions. Marital property includes any assets acquired during the marriage or that are jointly owned. Retirement benefits are also...
The state of Florida awards several types of alimony in divorce cases, depending on each family's situation and the duration of the marriage. According to state law, marriages lasting 17 years or more are considered long-term. Marriages lasting between 7 and 17...
