What is Domestic Violence? Under the Florida Statutes, Domestic Violence is defines as “any assault, aggravated assault, battery, aggravated battery, sexual assault, sexual battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, or any criminal offenses resulting in physical injury or death of one family or household member by another family or…
This is a question that is often asked by custodial parents. If you live in Florida the answer is yes. Florida has a relocation statute, and it is found at §61.13001 in the Florida Statutes. If you have a minor child and you are divorced or no longer in a…
If Your License is suspended for Child Support Obligations, What Can You Do? Florida law allows one’s driver’s license to be suspended when they fail to meet their support obligation. If your license is suspended as a result of child support obligations that are not satisfied, you should understand the…
Why Timesharing is Important? A dissolution can be a very emotional experience for some. This is especially true when a divorce involves children. The current rules require that when parties have children, a parenting plan must be developed. The parenting plan details parental responsibility, timesharing (formally referred to as visitation),…
Can I modify time-sharing for my children in Florida? In Florida, it is the public policy of the state that each minor child has frequent and continuing contact with both parents after the parents separate or the marriage of the parties is dissolved and to encourage parents to share the…
Few people want to accept responsibility for a lifelong obligation that they were not responsible for. There is more than one way under Florida law to create a parental relationship with a child. Not all relationships in today’s society follow the model that involved a two parent family whereby the…
Can I modify my child’s time-sharing because of COVID? Many parents in Jacksonville are in a dilemma about what to do about time-sharing during the COVID-19 Pandemic. What do you do if the other parent is positive for COVID-19 and they insist on exercising their time-sharing rights? What do you do if…
There may be some negative stereotypes that are associated with Prenuptial Agreements. Typically, neither party wants to detract from the blissful atmosphere typical prior to a wedding. However, a Prenuptial Agreement can also help preserve a marriage. This is because there is certainty as to how things will terminate should…
It is important to know your rights following a divorce. The final judgment of dissolution and the parenting plan determine the legal playing field for the future. However, most issues are dynamic. Children get older and their schools change and sometimes their relationship with parents change. Incomes change, which can directly impact child support…
An uncontested divorce is a proceeding to return two married persons to the status of being single in which all of the details of the divorce are reached with an out of court agreement. As a practicing family law attorney for more than 15 years, it is my opinion that…