How to Establish Paternity in Florida A lot of questions that we receive concern Florida paternity laws. The most common among them is simply "How does a father establish paternity?" Well, in short, there are a few different ways that someone can establish that a man...
Child Support Payment Calculations How do I Calculate Monthly Net Income for Purposes of Child Support Payments? In order to make a determination as to the amount you will be making in Florida Child Support payments on a monthly basis, you will need to gather some...
Child Support Modifications in Miami, Florida Have your child's support needs risen from the time that you were first awarded support payments? Has your child's other parent experienced a large increase in their standard of living and your shared child's remained the same? Child support remains a...
Preventing Parental Kidnapping in Miami, Florida It is every parent's worst nightmare and unfortunately, parental child abduction is a matter of serious concern in Miami, Florida. What can a parent do if the other parent is threatening the other parent with taking their child out of...
Child Custody Violation What can you do if your ex-spouse refuses to let you see your children, in spite of the fact that you have a court ordered parenting plan / time sharing agreement in place? First - do no harm. It is imperative that you...
What if my Spouse Contests the Divorce? What happens if your spouse refuses to sign off on the divorce because they don't want the marriage to end? Do I need my spouse's consent? This is a common question and many Miami, Florida residents appear to be...
Subchapter S Corporations With an S corporation, the income and losses of the business are "passed through" to shareholders and included on their individual tax returns. This is can be advantageous to the shareholder because there isn't a "double taxation". That is, unlike other forms of...
We frequently receive questions from callers who are thrown off course by the language used by the Florida Family Courts. From time to time, we like to make sure that we are absolutely clear when we define our terms. A common issue that we see...
Shared Parental Responsibility Under Florida Statute 61.046, shared parental responsibility is defined as "a court-ordered relationship in which both parents retain full parental rights and responsibilities with respect to their child and in which both parents confer with each other so that major decisions affecting the...