Parents in Florida and throughout the country are required to provide financial support for their children. If a couple gets divorced, the noncustodial parent may be required to submit child support payments to the custodial parent. In many cases, custodial parents...
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Minimizing a divorce’s impact on the children
In Florida, the brunt of the divorce often falls on the children. They make none of the choices that parents make but have their lives uprooted. It is up to the parents to make sure that the children do not needlessly suffer during the divorce. Parents need to...
Older adults and financial concerns of divorce
Florida couples who are going through a divorce may face additional challenges if they are near retirement or already retired. Younger individuals may have more working years to recover financially from a divorce that are not available to older people. As a result,...
Documentation you’ll need for a high net worth divorce
The more money and assets you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse have acquired together, the more complicated your divorce is going to be. It's a simple fact of divorce that every family law attorney knows: Divorce proceedings are one of the times in life when people wish...
Parenting provisions regarding travel
It's great to take a holiday with your child but if you're a single parent you may need to get special permission from the other parent to travel with him or her. Depending on how you set up your parenting plan and child custody agreement, traveling with your child...
Florida property division law: What you need to know
Most divorcing spouses are apprehensive about what they'll need to give up during their asset division proceedings. This apprehension produces many questions about Florida marital property law.If you'd like to better understand your marital property rights, what you...
Men have special considerations for finances after a divorce
Many people tend to focus on women during a divorce. For some reason, they aren't concerned about how the man in the situation is faring. Men need to make sure that they are taking steps to keep their financial future stable. In some cases, this is going to take...
Protecting your assets the simple way: Postnuptial agreements
A postnuptial agreement is similar to a prenuptial agreement except for that it's created after you're married. A postnuptial agreement is beneficial for a number of reasons. First, you can create it if you have a feeling things might not work out in the future....
How do unwed biological dads legally establish parentage?
Are you certain that an ex-lover is pregnant with your child? In most cases, the mother of your child will agree to establish you as the father. That's because the mother of your child will benefit from the ability to receive child support payments from you, and she...
Co-parenting requires the adults to work together
If you and your ex have young children, you have a long road ahead since you have to raise your children and deal with your ex. A co-parenting model is one of the possible ways that you can choose to raise your children, but this requires you to have an open line of...