Orange County Law Blog
How a Chapter 13 case is discharged
A Chapter 13 bankruptcy case allows you to get current on secured debts while paying only a portion of your unsecured debts. In some cases, you won't have to pay unsecured creditors anything during the repayment period. When the repayment period ends, your unsecured...
Common reasons couples divorce
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control estimates that for every 1,000 people, there are 2.9 divorces with 45 states and D.C. reporting. There are many reasons why some American marriages end up in divorce; here are some common reasons from a lawyer's...
Documents to organize before you speak with a divorce attorney
Deciding to end a marriage is a big deal. Suddenly, you have to figure out how to dissolve the life you built with your spouse. The children have to be taken into consideration, and you have to take into account any assets and debt even if you are not the primary...
Consider alternative ways of 50-50 parenting time
If you are like many co-parents in Florida, you divide custody time based on the traditional arrangement where the children spend one week in one parent's home followed by the next week in the other parent's home. Experts are now advising that this may not be the best...
Understand how parental alienation happens
One of the worst things that a Florida parent can do in the eyes of the court is to try to alienate the children from the other parent. If your children are being alienated from you, the law gives you the ability to take legal action against the other parent that...
The challenges of visitation schedules for infants
If you are the parent of an infant child in Florida or are expecting a child in the near future, you are probably wondering about the visitation schedule if you are not currently with the other parent. This type of schedule is not always easy to arrive at and is...
Education can decrease the divorce rate
New research has shown that there is a correlation between a college degree and a lower divorce rate. In general, couples are waiting longer to get married these days, if they decide to marry at all. One of the main reasons why education helps strengthen a marriage is...
Don’t forget life insurance in a divorce agreement
In a divorce, many people are under the impression that once the major issues of property division and child custody are settled, the entire divorce is done. However, there are other details that seem small but can be difficult to work out, such as life insurance....
Why are women more likely to file for divorce?
It’s common knowledge that roughly half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. What’s less known, though, is that most of these divorces are initiated by women. A recent study has shown that women initiate about 70% of all divorces. Some studies have...
Protecting special needs children in divorce
No divorce is pleasant, but a divorce that involves custody and support for a child with special needs can be orders of magnitude more complex and heart wrenching than a divorce without such issues. The key is to begin planning for the child as soon as the divorce...
