Keeping Your Divorce Costs in Check: Practical Tips for a Cost-Effective Divorce
Divorce can be emotionally challenging, and it can also take a toll on your finances. To help you navigate this difficult time while keeping costs down, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of practical suggestions that can make a significant difference in the overall expense of your divorce. Effective Communication with Your Attorney Effective communication with […]
From High-Conflict to Effective Co-Parenting: Restoring Respect & Trust
During and after a highly contentious case involving children, achieving a healthy co-parenting relationship can seem like a hopeless undertaking. Overwhelmed by anger, hurt, and sadness perceived to be caused by the other parent, the thought of respecting and trusting that person ever again seems laughable. However, respect and trust are the foundations of a […]
Co-Parenting Conflict and Children: What the Research Reveals*
As a family law attorney and a Guardian ad Litem, I have witnessed parents so firmly entrenched in their anger or hurt with each other that, often, they fail to recognize how their conflict affects the children. These parents may be absolutely focused on the resentment and unresolved issues surrounding the breakdown of their relationship, […]
UPDATED: Amendments to Family Law Rule Improves Financial Privacy in Some Divorces
New Rule 12.285 On September 7, 2023, the Florida Supreme Court announced amendments to Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.285 related to mandatory financial disclosure requirements. Under previous versions of the rule, parties were required to file and serve their financial affidavits, with the only exception being simplified dissolutions of marriage with no minor […]
What Your Family Law Attorney Might Not Be Telling You (But Should): Part 2
A previous article, “What Your Family Law Attorney Might Not Tell You(But Should): Part 1,” discussed central truths about family law cases that often go unexpressed by family law attorneys to their clients. With this “Part 2,” we resume the forthright discussion about the realities in family law cases that your attorney may have left […]
Parallel Parenting: When Co-Parenting Won’t Work
Co-parenting during and after a divorce isn’t easy, even under the best of circumstances. It asks a lot of both parents: to set aside or ignore their feelings toward their ex-spouse, to put on a happy face during exchanges when they are emotionally distraught, and to restrain themselves when potentially triggering comments are made by […]
What Factors Are Used to Calculate Child Support?
The financial support of children by their parents is a central issue in Florida family law. For the State of Florida, the principle behind child support consists of parents having a duty to provide support for their children. This duty ensures their children’s financial needs are met, and also, ensures these financial needs do not […]
Don’t Forget These Things in Your Divorce Settlement Agreement!
If you resolve your divorce amicably, either through an uncontested divorce process, mediation, or a collaborative divorce, you will end up signing a Marital Settlement Agreement. The purpose of this document is to list out all of the terms of your divorce, including which of you will receive which assets and which debts, or some […]
What Your Family Law Attorney Might Not Tell You (But Should): Part 1
Navigating the world of Florida family law can be a surreal, intimidating, and emotional experience. Even if you have a practiced attorney on your side to help you through the legal intricacies of time-sharing, equitable distribution, alimony, child support, etc. there are often very important truths that go unspoken. These important but unexpressed realities […]
Case Study: One Fictional Couple’s Journey Through Traditional and Collaborative Divorce
The world of family law can be a mysterious one to outsiders. Even if you have been through a divorce, your knowledge and experience is limited to your unique encounter with the family law system. However, once you’ve seen the process play out time and time again, you begin to see patterns and similarities. Below […]
