Marital vs Non-Marital Assets Florida Divorce is one of the most important legal distinctions in any dissolution of marriage case in Miami and throughout Florida. The classification of property as marital or non marital directly determines what is subject to equitable distribution under Fla Stat...
Collection of Past Due Child Support in Florida is governed by a comprehensive statutory and administrative enforcement framework that treats unpaid child support as a vested legal right. Florida law provides powerful judicial and administrative tools to recover child support arrears, including income deduction orders,...
The tax implications of alimony in Florida divorce changed twice in the space of six years, and both changes cut against the assumptions most people still carry into a dissolution case. Federal law stopped treating alimony as deductible to the payor and taxable to the...
57.105 Motion for Sanctions Florida Family Law is a powerful statutory mechanism under Fla. Stat. § 57.105 that allows a Florida court to award attorney’s fees against a party or attorney who asserts claims or defenses not supported by material facts or existing law. In...
Attorney Fees in Florida Divorce Cases are governed primarily by section 61.16 of the Florida Statutes and interpreted through decades of Florida Supreme Court and District Court of Appeal decisions. In Miami and throughout Florida, courts apply principles of equity to determine whether one spouse...
The Florida divorce residency requirement is one of the most frequently misunderstood jurisdictional prerequisites in family law cases filed in Miami and throughout the state. Before any court in Miami-Dade County can enter a valid final judgment of dissolution of marriage, the petitioner must strictly...
Best interest of the child is the standard that decides every contested parenting question in a Florida family court. It governs who the children live with, how time is divided, who makes decisions about school and medicine, whether a parent may move away, and what...