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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 26, 2013 By Damien McKinney
The issue of spanking doesn’t come up in my cases very frequently these days. In general, parents should work together to determine an appropriate discipline plan for their children. The problem ...
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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 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 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 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 2, 2013 By Damien McKinney
Sometimes parents will agree to restrict relocation of a minor child within a certain area. I often see agreements that prevent either parent from moving outside of Hillsborough or the surrounding ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2013 By Damien McKinney
A recent Fifth District Court of Appeals case held that a disestablishment of paternity action does not relieve the alleged father of any previously established child support arrearages. In Hickman v. ...
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Posted on Feb 15, 2013 By Damien McKinney
Sometimes parents have to grant custody of their children to third parties because of life events that are out of their control. Often time this third party is a grandparent or other family member. ...
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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 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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Posted on Jan 30, 2013 By Damien McKinney
A Guardian Ad Litem is a court appointed person who acts as the next friend of a minor child and represents the minor child’s best interest. Once a guardian ad litem is appointed by the court, ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2013 By Joanna Chapman
Florida Statute 61.13001(3) outlines the specific components that a person wishing to relocate after their divorce with one or more minor children must address in their “Petition to ...
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Posted on Dec 31, 2012 By Joanna Chapman
Florida Statute 61.13001(2) allows for parents to forgo the formal process of petitioning the Court to relocate with a minor child(ren) if there is agreement by the parties. This section applies to ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2012 By Kim Byrd
Florida family law courts have consistently denied parental or visitation rights sought by anyone who is not a child’s biological or legal parent. These courts cite the privacy provision of the ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2012 By Joanna Chapman
All parties to a Florida divorce proceeding with minor children or a paternity action that involves issues of parental responsibility are required to complete the “Parent Education and Family ...
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Posted on Oct 15, 2012 By Blair Chan
In speaking with potential family law clients, the following situation arises often, “My former spouse and I were divorced in another state and my child now lives in Florida. My former spouse is ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2012 By Kelly Tobaygo
When calculating income for child support purposes, the Florida family law statutes allow the courts to consider in kind payments and impute the full amount of these payments as income to the person ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2012 By Joanna Chapman
Since 1984, Mediation and Diversion Services in Hillsborough County offers a mediation service for parties navigating family law related issues. The program has evolved since 1984 and is now equipped ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2012 By Ellen Ostman
I have recently blogged about how Florida is a no fault divorce state. Read part of this ruling from a Texas court in 1899 to see how things were different back then. Evidence in a suit for divorce ...
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