Blog Posts in 2009
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Posted on Dec 2, 2009 By Stann Givens
There are many factors which affect a Florida divorce : the length of the marriage, the number of children, the amount of the assets and liabilities, the income of the parties and many more. Since the ...
Continue reading "The Effect of the Recession on a Florida Divorce" »
Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By Stann Givens
Domestic violence is a sad part of the breakup process for far too many couples. The term is defined in the Florida statutes as, "...any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, ...
Continue reading "When Can I Get a Florida Domestic Violence Injunction?" »
Posted on Oct 22, 2009 By Stann Givens
The short answer is that, of course, you can. The better answer is that you shouldn't. Any person can go to court without a lawyer in any legal matter. That applies to everything from small claims ...
Continue reading "Why Can't I Represent Myself in my Florida Divorce?" »
Posted on Oct 19, 2009 By Stann Givens
There was a time in history when the mother of a young child had an absolute right to be the full-time, custodial parent of the child. The father would see the child now and then and would pay child ...
Continue reading "Winning Child Custody in a Florida Divorce or Paternity Case" »
Posted on Oct 16, 2009 By Stann Givens
You have decided that your marriage is broken and can't be fixed. You have hired an expert Florida divorce lawyer and provided endless details of information about your financial and personal matters. ...
Continue reading "Should You Settle Your Florida Divorce Case?" »
Posted on Oct 15, 2009 By Stann Givens
When you interview a Florida divorce lawyer with an eye toward retaining the lawyer to help with your divorce , you should ask questions about the availability of that lawyer. At the most, people ...
Continue reading "Your Florida Divorce Lawyer Should Have an Answering Service so You Get 24 Hour Service" »
Posted on Oct 14, 2009 By Stann Givens
In many Florida divorces, part of the property division that occurs involves college funds which have been set aside for the benefit of the children. Unless these funds are owned by one spouse alone ...
Continue reading "Who Gets the College Fund in a Florida Divorce?" »
Posted on Oct 13, 2009 By Stann Givens
If you have begun your Florida divorce or are even just thinking about divorce, you may have heard that it is a bad idea to leave the home. Often clients appear in the offices of expert Florida ...
Continue reading "Do I Need to Stay in the Home During My Florida Divorce?" »
Posted on Oct 6, 2009 By Stann Givens
People going through a Florida divorce frequently ask Florida divorce lawyers if they will lose their health insurance if they get divorced. Usually this situation involves the person who is reliant ...
Continue reading "Do I Lose My Health Insurance in a Florida Divorce?" »
Posted on Oct 5, 2009 By Stann Givens
Your expert Tampa divorce lawyer tells you that your spouse's attorney wants to take your deposition. What do you need to know before that happens? A deposition is just a session where the other ...
Continue reading "Oh No! My Spouse's Florida Divorce Lawyer Wants to Take My Deposition!" »
Posted on Sep 19, 2009 By Stann Givens
In your Florida divorce , one spouse may receive alimony or child support from the other. When that happens, you need to be aware of the tax consequences. Wouldn't it be great if we all got to take ...
Continue reading "There Are Tax Consequences to Alimony, But Not to Child Support" »
Posted on Sep 18, 2009 By Stann Givens
Benjamin Franklin said, "The only two sure things are death and taxes." When you are going through a divorce in Florida, you must remember that there are tax consequences to certain parts of it. ...
Continue reading "Capital Gains Taxes in a Florida Divorce" »
Posted on Sep 17, 2009 By Stann Givens
Florida divorce lawyers typically charge by the hour for what they do. In order to save their clients money, they make use of paralegals to perform some tasks. A paralegal is someone who has gone to ...
Continue reading "How Florida Divorce Lawyers Save Their Clients Money by Using Paralegals" »
Posted on Sep 16, 2009 By Stann Givens
Suppose your spouse is a citizen of a foreign country and your marriage is not going well. Your child has a US passport and you fear that your spouse will sneak out of the country with the child. Your ...
Continue reading "Can I Keep My Foreign Citizen Spouse From Taking Our Child Out of the Country in My Florida Divorce?" »
Posted on Sep 15, 2009 By Stann Givens
There is nothing more important than the welfare of your children. When you are headed for a breakup of your relationship with the children's other parent, whether it be a divorce or a paternity ...
Continue reading "Mental Health Experts In Child Custody Cases" »
Posted on Sep 10, 2009 By Stann Givens
For many years, the only way to get your marriage dissolved was to have both spouses hire expert Florida divorce lawyers and battle it out tooth and nail. In these more modern times, things have ...
Continue reading "Florida Divorce Alternatives" »
Posted on Aug 20, 2009 By Stann Givens
When you have your first conversation with your expert Tampa Bay divorce lawyer , the subject of paying for the services will, and should, come up. A number of lawyers charge non-refundable fees as a ...
Continue reading "Don't Pay Non-Refundable Retainer Fees in Your Florida Divorce" »
Posted on Aug 20, 2009 By Stann Givens
Quite often expert accountants are used by Florida divorce lawyers to assist in the representation of their clients who are going through the family law process. They are certainly not needed in every ...
Continue reading "Do I Need an Accountant to Help My Florida Divorce Lawyer?" »
Posted on Aug 20, 2009 By Stann Givens
You have an appointment with the best family law attorney in Tampa Bay . How do you make the most of your limited time in the consultation? Hopefully, you have prepared a written list of assets, ...
Continue reading "What To Ask At The Initial Consultation With Your Florida Family Law Attorney" »
Posted on Aug 20, 2009 By Stann Givens
Before you see your divorce lawyer for the first time, there are some things that you can commit to writing that will help in the initial consultation. You should start with a list of all marital and ...
Continue reading "How Do I Prepare For The Initial Consultation With A Florida Divorce Lawyer?" »
Posted on Aug 14, 2009 By Stann Givens
When you go through a Florida divorce , what happens to the gifts that you received before and during the marriage? As we have talked about in previous blogs, anything you owned before the marriage, ...
Continue reading "When I Get Divorced, Do I Get To Keep The Gifts?" »
Posted on Aug 14, 2009 By Stann Givens
The Florida legislature decided that the best way to determine how much child support a parent should pay is to have a table within the child support statute where anyone could look in the proper ...
Continue reading "How Is Child Support Calculated In A Florida?" »
Posted on Aug 14, 2009 By Stann Givens
You are heading for divorce , but would like to work things out with your spouse so that you don't have to go through the War of the Roses (a movie that was funny and scary at the same time). You hope ...
Continue reading "What is a Collaborative Divorce?" »
Posted on Aug 14, 2009 By Stann Givens
Not long before I started practicing law, the divorce laws did not allow the courts to divide a pension in a divorce. All of the other property got divided, but the spouse who had been working more, ...
Continue reading "Dividing Pensions In A Divorce" »
Posted on Aug 14, 2009 By Stann Givens
Divorce can often lead to a situation where the parents of children have a difficult time communicating with each other. Many times this leads to one parent being denied access to the information ...
Continue reading "Access To Your Child's School Records After Divorce" »
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