No-Fault Divorce Is it necessary, under Miami, Florida law, to prove wrongful conduct such as adultery, in order to obtain a divorce? The answer is no, Florida is a "No-Fault Divorce" state. Under Florida's Marriage Dissolution Act of 1971, it is no longer necessary to prove that...
Florida Parenting Plan Florida Parenting Plan. In a Florida Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) Proceeding, if the divorcing couple has minor children they must devise a "Parenting Plan”. What must be included within the plan? In a Florida Divorce proceeding, a parenting plan must (at the minimum) describe in...
What is a Parenting Plan? In a Florida Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) Proceeding, if the divorcing couple has minor children they must devise a "Parenting Plan". Of course, the first question that I am usually asked after telling my client that we need to develop a "parenting...
For some reason, a common search term that people use to find this site is "What is Divorce". What is Divorce? It's a complicated question. There are some philosophic, esoteric ways to answer this, but it should be viewed simply as a process that two people go...
Calculate Child Support. From time to time, a parent will come in and mention the difficulty that they are having making child support payments. They may be unemployed or under-employed and are looking for a temporary or permanent modification of those payments. In most cases,...
Florida Child Visitation Rights & Electronic Communication Florida Child Visitation Rights. Sometimes life events interfere with the quality of the relationship that you would like to foster with your son or daughter. Be it that you had to move, your schedule at work is cumbersome or...
Modification Decrees & Delinquent Child Support Payments Sometimes people fall behind in alimony or child support payments. This is often due to a loss of employment, medical issues or other unforeseen events that result in changed economic circumstances for that person. Can the delinquent ex-spouse, in...
Late Child Support Payments & Visitation We receive a lot of questions regarding Late Child Support Payments. One question that is frequently asked of us is "If my ex-spouse is late with child support or alimony payments, can I legally refuse his/her request to see our child under...
What is A Child's Primary Residence As we've mentioned in a prior post, the mother of the child does not automatically receive custody of the children in a Florida Divorce. Instead, the courts make the determination using the best interest of the child standard. Under Florida Statute...