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,...
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...
In a Divorce Who Gets the Children? Does the mother of the children usually receive custody of the children? This is a common question that is asked by parents in Florida Child Custody Cases. The answer is - not necessarily. Under Florida Statute §61.13 (2014), the...
In the context of a Dissolution of Marriage (divorce) proceeding, there is guidance given from the State of Florida as to the difference between a marital non-marital asset. This is important because there must be a determination of whether the property is marital or non-marital...