Blog Posts in October, 2009
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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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