Recent Posts in Parenting Plan Category
Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By d
The Florida legislature has enacted a statue that authorizes a court to order a parent to carry a life insurance policy to secure his or her child support obligation. The statute also states that the ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Kim Byrd
During the last few months of 2011, our family law firm was inundated with new clients who were anxious to have their divorces finalized before the end of the year. Whether these clients wanted to be ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By Damien McKinney
A recent Florida family law case dealt with a Mother whose religious beliefs opposed vaccinating her child but the Father believed the child should receive traditional medical care, including ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2011 By Kim Byrd
A parent has well founded right to have timesharing with her or his child. This is the main reason Florida family law provides that a parent who wants to relocate more than 50 miles from their current ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By Kim Byrd
In years past, there was a legal presumption against equal timesharing or what used to be called rotating custody. Florida family law courts faced with the responsibility of making custody decisions ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2011 By Kim Byrd
A Marital Settlement Agreement is an agreement that resolves all of the issues that must be addressed by a court in a dissolution of marriage or divorce case. Your Marital Settlement Agreement (MSA) ...
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Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Ellen Ostman
The IRS has finalized the regulation on the right of divorced or separated parents or parents who have lived apart at all times during the last 6 months of the year to claim a child as a Dependent. ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Damien McKinney
Often your parenting plan will include language regarding a "right of first refusal". The essential premise behind a right of first refusal is the idea that a parent should have a superior right to ...
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