Reestablishing paternity is centrally about confirming a child’s rights and benefits. It’s important for mothers who must secure paternity payments and for fathers safeguarding visitation and custody. We have written before that paternity “was not much of an issue”...
What is Zoom and how is it helpful to you in your family law case.
Judicial Circuit for Hillsborough County. Before this coronavirus, not many people had heard about Zoom. Zoom is a video conferencing platform that allows you to communicate by video and audio with a person or group of people. Temporarily, it has replaced face to...
How To File For Divorce In Florida
The divorce process is stressful enough as is; however, it becomes even more complicated when you realize that every state has its own requirements and processes. In the state of Florida, you have to be living in the state for a set period of time before you can file...
How to Move on After a Divorce: 6 Steps to Heal
Divorce is one of the most difficult experiences for a person to go through. You shared a home, finances, and maybe even children with this person that you once committed your life to. Splitting all of that is going to be painful. It doesn’t matter if your marriage...
Divorce Checklist: Everything You Need to Prepare
The divorce process is different for everyone. The emotions, the timeline, deciding who gets what – it all varies depending on the marriage in question. The one commonality between all divorces, though, is that there’s a lot of filing paperwork and gathering...
How to Change Your Name After Divorce
When you get married, you have a big decision to make – will you take your spouse’s last name, or keep your own? At the start of your marriage, sharing a last name may have made you feel more like a team. But now that you’re filing for divorce, your partner’s last...
Can a Collaborative Divorce Better Protect Finances During Divorce?
There are two aspects of the divorce process that can have huge consequences for post-divorce life: finances and timesharing. It’s not difficult to find horror stories regarding former spouses hiding money or extended custody battles. Depending on the state of the...
Alimony 101: Types of Alimony in Florida
Alimony laws vary state by state, and alimony awards vary from divorce to divorce. Some people may assume that the wife always walks away from divorce proceedings with alimony, however, that’s not the case. Whether alimony will be allocated and to who depends on a...
How Collaborative Divorce Helps You Prepare for the Future
If you’re considering a divorce and you haven’t heard of collaborative divorce, it’s time to learn more about your options. Collaborative divorce can provide families with a less combative approach to dissolving a marriage. This is especially beneficial when a...
Considerations When Creating a Parenting Plan
Creating a parenting plan that focuses on the children’s best interest is essential for promoting children’s wellbeing after a divorce. Custody, or parental responsibility, entails more than just where a child will be living. In Florida, the law requires that...
