Untangling business assets is often a difficult and contentious part of property division negotiations. Florida's equitable distribution law requires marital assets to be divided fairly but not necessarily equally in a divorce, and business interests are treated no...
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...
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...
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...
Modifying or enforcing orders for child support or alimony
When a Florida judge enters an order terminating a marriage and establishing financial requirements of each party, many couples who have endured the process believe that the worst is behind them. Unfortunately, the future can be unpredictable, and people's needs and...
Awarding setoffs or credits upon the sale of the marital home
For most divorcing couples in central Florida, the family home is the couple's principal asset. If the couple has lived in the home for a significant period, the house has more than likely accumulated significant value. It may also represent the couple's single...
The legal basis for alimony in a Florida divorce
When residents of central Florida decide to end their marriages, one of their most urgent questions is whether the court will award alimony to themselves or the other party. A wife who obtains physical custody of the children wants to know whether her ex-husband will...
Alimony awards in Florida explained
Alimony is one of the top concerns likely on the minds of divorcing couples here. Alimony payments are payments one of the former spouses makes to the other following the divorce, which is why most divorcing couples will want to understand the ins-and-outs of how...
