When a marriage ends in Florida, few legal questions carry more financial and emotional weight than what happens to a pending personal injury settlement in a Florida divorce. Whether you were injured in a car accident on the Palmetto Expressway, a slip-and-fall in a Miami-Dade...
Divorce during the holidays in Florida is one of the most emotionally charged and legally complex situations a Miami family law attorney encounters. Whether a spouse is considering filing for dissolution of marriage in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving or Christmas, or whether divorced...
Florida timesharing when a parent works remotely from another state has become an increasingly common issue in family law litigation, particularly in Miami and across South Florida. As remote employment allows parents to live or work outside Florida while maintaining professional obligations online, courts must...
Drug addiction cases frequently raise complex legal questions about how substance abuse affects property division, financial support, and the overall equitable outcome of a dissolution of marriage. Florida family courts do not treat addiction as a moral punishment issue. Instead, judges evaluate whether the addiction...
Lying in a Florida divorce deposition can create serious legal consequences that extend far beyond the deposition room. Because depositions are sworn testimony, false statements made during a family law deposition may expose a witness to criminal perjury charges, severe litigation sanctions, and even the...
A motion for rehearing Florida family law is a procedural mechanism that allows a party to request that a trial court reconsider a ruling after the entry of a judgment or order. In Florida family law litigation, this procedural device plays a critical role in...
When parents divorce in Florida, custody decisions must always prioritize the best interests of the child. This principle becomes even more significant when the child has physical, developmental, psychological, or educational disabilities. The legal framework governing Florida custody special needs child cases reflects a careful...
Divorce involving children often requires courts to address more than traditional marital assets such as real estate, bank accounts, and retirement plans. Increasingly, parents in Miami and throughout Florida hold educational savings vehicles for their children, including Florida Prepaid College Plans and 529 college savings...
Intellectual property in a Florida divorce can become one of the most complex assets a court must evaluate during equitable distribution. Under Florida law, the division of property in a dissolution of marriage is governed primarily by Florida Statutes § 61.075, which requires courts to...