Meeting with a paternity attorney for the first time often comes with a lot of questions. Taking a few minutes to gather helpful information before your appointment can make the conversation more productive and help your attorney better understand your circumstances....
Fathers in Florida play an important role in their children’s lives. This is true whether they are married or not, but for legal purposes, fathers have different rights depending on if they are married or not. Florida law presumes that fathers who are married are the...
While you have long claimed that you are not the father to a child that you are paying child support for, your story has not been proven otherwise so you are continuing to provide paternal support to raise the child in Florida. However, as the years go on, you wonder...
Unmarried fathers in Florida face more complicated questions of how to pass on inheritances and benefits to their Lee County children than married fathers since they may not know how the law will regard their biological children. The law could deny...
Establishing paternity is important if you want to have parental rights to your child in Florida. Having the court name you as the legal father of a child means you have rights to visitation and the ability to play a role in the child's life and make decisions...
There are many fathers' rights topics we have addressed on this blog, but unpaid child support can be particularly problematic. Not only can falling behind on these obligations cause financial challenges, but many other consequences may upend your life, from damage to...
There are many different angles that our law firm considers with regard to child support, such as the impact that losing a job can have on custodial and non-custodial parents or the penalties for failing to pay child support. However, there are unique considerations...
In most cases, fathers establish paternity to claim parental rights like visitation or joint custody. But what happens if you find out that the child you thought you helped conceive isn't really yours? Not only do you have to deal with the fact that your girlfriend...
Each year, taxpayers have a myriad of concerns when tax season approaches. However, if you have fallen behind on child support payments or are worried that you will no longer be able to pay child support, it is especially important for you to understand how that could...
In 2013, there were more than 13 million parents across the entire nation who had custody of a child while the child's other parent lived somewhere else, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Moreover, these parents received a combined total of over $22 billion in...