The process of obtaining a supervised visitation order in Florida courts will enforce is governed by statutory law, appellate case law, and administrative standards designed to protect children while preserving parent child relationships. In family law cases throughout Miami and the broader Miami-Dade County region,...
Introduction to Temporary Relocation Hearings in Miami A temporary relocation hearing in Miami arises when one parent seeks court approval to relocate a child more than 50 miles from their current residence for at least 60 consecutive days, pending a final evidentiary hearing. Temporary relocation hearings...
Unequal distribution in Florida divorce is one of the most misunderstood areas of equitable distribution litigation. Florida law begins with a strong presumption that marital assets and liabilities will be divided equally. However, section 61.075, Florida Statutes, expressly permits a trial court to award an...
Imputed income in Florida alimony cases is one of the most contested and misunderstood issues in dissolution proceedings. When one spouse claims inability to work or reduced earnings, Florida courts may assign a hypothetical income for purposes of calculating alimony. In Miami-Dade County, where high...
Many parents entering a divorce or paternity case ask the same question: do Florida courts favor mothers in child custody cases? The concern is particularly common among fathers who fear that the court system will automatically prefer the mother when determining time-sharing and parental responsibility....
Few issues in family law are as complex, or as financially consequential, as dividing a business in a Florida divorce. When one or both spouses own an interest in a closely held company, a professional practice, or a family operating business, the dissolution proceeding suddenly...
Few categories of proof have become as central to modern divorce, paternity, timesharing, and domestic violence cases as text messages, yet the rules governing text messages as evidence in Florida family law remain widely misunderstood by litigants who assume that anything stored on a smartphone...
When financial pressure mounts, frustrated parents in Miami sometimes consider whether they can simply stop paying child support in Florida and deal with the consequences later. The short answer, under well-settled Florida law, is that this approach almost always backfires. If you stop paying child...
A common belief among new fathers in Miami-Dade and Broward County is that putting a name on a hospital birth certificate is the moment a man legally becomes a father. Under Florida law, that intuition is half right and half wrong. The reality of signing...