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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 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 May 5, 2011 By Stann Givens
In the tactics that expert St. Petersburg divorce lawyers use during the course of a case, one is very simple. That is to tell your client to make sure the client understands a question at a ...
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Posted on May 3, 2011 By Stann Givens
In every Florida divorce or Florida paternity case, you will deal with something called "discovery". That term refers to the search for information in your case. Discovery of information comes in a ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2011 By Stann Givens
In our effort to educate our clients and the public in general about how to handle themselves in a family law deposition, we come to another simple but very important rule: Listen to the Question. ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Stann Givens
Deposition Rule #7 has offered a great deal of comfort to all of our clients. It is that, "YOU WILL KNOW THE ANSWER TO EVERY QUESTION". People involved in Florida divorces are extremely stressed out. ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2011 By Stann Givens
We try to keep our readers up to date on new areas of the Florida divorce process. One of these new avenues of disagreement is the fight over the dependency exemption on the marital homestead. In ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2011 By Stann Givens
In our continuing series of blog posts about how to handle yourself at a deposition in your Florida divorce , we come now to Rule #6 - Be Careful What You Say During A Recess. During a recess in your ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By Stann Givens
We have blogged before about Collaborative Divorce . Plain and simple, it is a process where the spouses and their expert St. Petersburg divorce attorneys get together in the beginning of the case and ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2011 By Stann Givens
We have discussed in previous blogs some of the basic fundamentals of depositions involved in a Florida divorce . Today, we will speak briefly about the relationship between you and the expert St. ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2011 By O. Kim Byrd
If you are the father of a child born to a woman to whom you were not married, you should retain an expert St. Petersburg paternity attorney to establish your paternity through a legal action filed ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2011 By Stann Givens
In many Florida divorces , there are strong negative emotional feelings about the actions of the opposing party or even the party's lawyer. You should not let that show on the day of your deposition. ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2011 By Ellen D. Ostman
Over the years as a Tampa family law attorney , I have been asked what the greatest help a client can give to the lawyer. Simply put: write it down. Keep a journal. I don't care what you write. Your ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2011 By Stann Givens
To continue with our discussion of the proper procedures to follow when the opposing attorney has scheduled an opportunity to place you under oath and ask you questions, we have a very simple and ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 By Stann Givens
In our ongoing discussion about depositions, we are providing some pointers which will help you in the event that you will be place under oath and asked questions by the opposing attorney in your ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2011 By Stann Givens
If you have been awarded alimony for support in your Florida divorce , it is generally going to be taxable to you and deductible by your spouse for federal income taxation purposes. There are ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2011 By Stann Givens
One of the best divorce lawyers in Tampa has scheduled your deposition in your Florida divorce or paternity case. The first thing that you do is start to worry about the entire process. The first rule ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2011 By Stann Givens
In every Florida divorce , each spouse is required to provide tremendous amounts of paperwork such as bank account statement, copies of deeds, car titles, life insurance policies, information related ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Stann Givens
In many a Florida divorce , one spouse or another has committed adultery. That can become an issue when it comes to the property division . Expert St. Petersburg divorce lawyer s are often asked how ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2011 By Stann Givens
Unless your case settles very quickly, there is a very good chance that the Tampa divorce lawyer on the other side of the case will schedule your deposition. A deposition is merely a session where you ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2011 By O. Kim Byrd
I moved in with my new boyfriend six months ago. Can the alimony I got in my Florida divorce be reduced or terminated? Will I have to repay my ex-husband back for the alimony he paid me during that ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2011 By O. Kim Byrd
Several years ago, I wrote an article urging divorcing parties to include a detailed visitation agreement in their divorce or marital settlement agreements. That article can still be foundat ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2011 By Robert Sparks
Alimony in the state of Florida can be a very complex issue. Factors to be considered with your expert St. Petersburg family law attorney not only range from the amount and duration of the alimony ...
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Posted on Feb 25, 2011 By Stann Givens
Airplane fares and hotel lodging expenses are increasing all the time. If you have a family law case involving witnesses located out of state, you may be concerned for whether you will be able to ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2011 By Stann Givens
If you have recently moved to the state of Florida and you have a child custody order from another state, there is an important step that you can take to protect your rights with your child. The ...
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