- DivorceFamily Law, and represent many Florida divorce and family law clients whose needs go beyond the routine. We handle property division issues, parental relocation proposals, and difficult conflicts between divorcing parents including alimony and negotiating the parenting plan.
- Child SupportBut the fact remains, most people responsible for paying child support and dealing with the child support system are not monsters out to scam the enforcement system. Typically, they’re caring parents who find themselves, for one reason or another, stuck in some measure of financial stress. They have temporary financial set backs, whether from illness, injury, unemployment, underemployment, which isn’t necessarily a negative commentary on things like education and personal responsibility. Life circumstances play a large part in every family situation. Nonetheless, Florida law applies a fairly strict standard for parents to meet the best interest of the child. The enforcer of state child support laws is the Department of Revenue (DOR), through the arm of the Child Support Enforcement Program. That agency carries a big stick when it comes to enforcement. DOR is Florida’s IRS.
- Child Custody and VisitationMediation may be used to solve all of the issues in a divorce, or it may be used to solve a single issue. Many times, spouses may agree on most issues, but have disputes involving child custody, parenting time and visitation. Florida law allows parties to mediate issues on their own, or under the guidance of an attorney, prior to trial.
- Adoption
- Paternity
- Spousal SupportOnce residency requirements have been met, the filing spouse must file dissolution papers in either their county of residence or the county where their spouse is residing. Florida no longer observes rules for fault divorce. The pleadings in all dissolution actions should reflect that the marriage has been irretrievably broken, or there is mental incompetence of one spouse. (Note: Fault is considered when looking at time-sharing and children issues, division of property, and alimony or spousal support. But fault is a non-factor for the actual order of divorce).
- Annulment
- Child Abuse13. Evidence of domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse, child abandonment, or child neglect, regardless of whether a prior or pending action relating to those issues has been brought. If the court accepts evidence of prior or pending actions regarding domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse, child abandonment, or child neglect, the court must specifically acknowledge in writing that such evidence was considered when evaluating the best interests of the child;
- Personal InjuryHave you or a family member been injured due to the negligence or recklessness of another? You may have a claim for damages. You will need experienced counsel to represent you and protect your legal interests. Our firm knows how to negotiate with big insurance companies. For personal injury claims, there are no fees or costs to you unless we recover damages. We handle many types of PI claims, including...