You follow the textbook page by page. You dated until you find someone that fits your criteria. Then you got married and spent the beginning stages of your marriage traveling and enjoying one another's company. Finally, the two of you decided to settle down and...
As our world becomes more connected online, the impact of social media becomes more relevant, and sometimes more important, in a legal sense. When going through a divorce specifically, it can be difficult to escape the use of your social media life in the evidence...
During a divorce, one of the most important decisions to make is choosing which parent the child will live or spend the majority of his or her time with. In many cases, both parents want their child or children to live with them, and both...
While it isn't spoken about in fairy tales or on television much, it’s an unfortunate fact of life that some marriages turn violent. In fact, some estimates suggest that as many as one-third of all women are victims of domestic violence during their lifetime and...
Although it can be said that prenuptial agreements once had a stigma, it is now commonly understood that they can actually help a couple enter a more stable and trusting marriage. There are still some people who should have a prenuptial agreement that will decide...
A divorce is rarely a pleasant process, and tensions can be particularly high when two former spouses (now “co-parents”) are trapped in a custody battle. When going through the process of legally divorcing, and then fighting in court over issues such as child support, alimony, division...
Generally, a case management conference is a meeting where both parties, their respective lawyers, and a judge come together to discuss what will happen with a case. A case management conference under Fla. Fam. Law. R. P. 12.200 is a meeting that is held after...
No one foresees a divorce when tying the knot, but for most, it is the only means to an end of a problem that is irreparable. Similarly to a wedding, divorces are time-consuming, costly, frustrating, and challenging for everyone involved. Instead of bringing two people...
Alimony is a legal obligation to provide financial support to one’s spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. Traditionally, the husband was responsible for paying alimony to a separated or former wife but since the 1970s, thanks to gender equality movements and now to...