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Posted on May 8, 2013 By Damien McKinney
The Florida Legislature has defined “shared parental responsibility” as a court ordered relationship between parents of a minor child in which both parents confer with each other and make ...
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Posted on May 2, 2013 By Kelly Tobaygo
The short answer to why you are going is because it is probably required; there are some counties around the Tampa Bay area (Hillsborough, for example) that require mediation before a divorce case can ...
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Posted on May 1, 2013 By Kelly Tobaygo
The first step in almost all divorce cases is an initial consultation with an attorney, or multiple attorneys. Most people arrive for a consultation with a list of questions they want answered or ...
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Posted on Apr 30, 2013 By Kelly Tobaygo
If you have been researching divorce online, you have probably come across the terms “contested” and “uncontested”, but might not know the difference. Generally speaking, a ...
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Posted on Apr 29, 2013 By Kelly Tobaygo
One of the most common questions clients ask their family law attorney is “How long will my case take?” The answer to this question, like most things in family law, is often difficult to ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2013 By Stann Givens
The Florida legislature is changing the alimony statute. One of the things they are doing is redefining what will be the basis for alimony. For years, the standard of living during the marriage has ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2013 By Stann Givens
The Florida Senate has passed a bill eliminating permanent alimony and a similar bill is expected to pass in the House of Representatives and become law on July 1, 2013. Consider the following ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2013 By Blair Chan
In a collaborative divorce, the divorcing spouses, their respective attorneys, and the other professionals involved all sign a participation agreement. The agreement outlines how the professionals ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2013 By Blair Chan
A collaborative divorce is an alternative to a traditional litigated divorce. In a collaborative divorce, the decision making power is placed squarely in the hand of the divorcing parties. The focus ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2013 By Stann Givens
The Florida legislature is considering monumental changes to the alimony laws. The bill deals with more than alimony, but drastically affects alimony so it is being referred to as the “alimony ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2013 By Damien McKinney
It’s been my experience that clients often place great value in their travel points and are often reluctant to part with them. In Florida, these travel points (frequent flyer miles, hotel ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2013 By Damien McKinney
Florida Statute 409.2563 allows the Department of Revenue to establish administrative child support orders. The Department of Revenue is a governmental agency in Florida that is set up to establish ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2013 By Damien McKinney
The Third District Court of Appeal entered a ruling in an interesting case where a spouse requested an increase in her alimony payments based upon inflation and cost of living increases. In Silverman ...
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Posted on Mar 27, 2013 By Kelly Tobaygo
Most people who are facing divorce proceedings which involve children become concerned over the well-being of their children, and wonder how the divorce process might impact them. People often ask ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2013 By Damien McKinney
In general, the IRS code dictates which parent is allowed to claim a minor child as a dependent and receive the tax dependency exemption. The IRS code provides that the custodial parent is the parent ...
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Posted on Mar 20, 2013 By Kim Byrd
A Power of Attorney is a document in which you designate someone to make legal and financial decisions for you if you are not available to make them yourself. The person you designate can sell or buy ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2013 By Kelly Tobaygo
Recently, in an appealed family law case, the Second District Court of Appeal made a decision which required a former husband to pilot a private plane for his former wife. This sounds like it may be a ...
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Posted on Mar 6, 2013 By Kelly Tobaygo
The ideal divorce situation for most people is one where everyone agrees on who gets what, everyone walks away happy, and the court case is over quickly. People who are going through a divorce and ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2013 By Kim Byrd
When your divorce becomes final, any provision in your last will and testament that affects your spouse becomes null and void as though your spouse died at the time of divorce. This has been a ...
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Posted on Feb 25, 2013 By Damien McKinney
A recent first district court of appeal case dealt with penalty provisions in marital settlement agreements. In Palmer v. Palmer, the parties agreed that the husband would have sole ownership of the ...
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Posted on Feb 20, 2013 By Damien McKinney
It is a general rule in Florida family law cases that parents may not waive or contract away their child support. This is well established public policy and a court will not enter a final judgment if ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2013 By Kim Byrd
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced that it will hear a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as unconstitutional. DOMA was enacted by Congress in 1996 and defines 'marriage' as ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2013 By Kim Byrd
Is there really such a thing as no cost divorce ? If you are willing to do some work on your own and qualify for a waiver of the filing fee, there is. Standard forms have been developed and approved ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2013 By Blair Chan
Alimony reform may be coming (again) to Florida. There is a bill pending before the Florida Legislature that seeks to reform (yet again) Florida’s alimony laws. However, this bill has a ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2013 By Damien McKinney
Family law courts in Florida are appointing Guardians Ad Litem in cases more frequently than ever before. A guardian ad litem can be used in a family law court ( divorce, custody, paternity, etc.) and ...
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