While collaborative divorce is not the right fit for every divorce, choosing this approach can help people achieve a variety of goals for themselves and their family. How might you benefit from a collaborative divorce process? 1. Collaboration could save you time and...
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3 ways to protect your financial health at the end of your marriage
Divorce can be a financially challenging time. Not only do couples divide their possessions, they will also enter the next stage of their life with only one income. As a result, it is important for divorcing people to take steps today that protect their financial...
Is a collaborative approach the best fit for your divorce?
While many people believe that a divorce will always involve conflict, this isn’t necessarily the case. Taking a collaborative approach can be beneficial to many couples, allowing them to keep the peace and work together to reach a fair solution. However, this...
Establishing paternity: a critical way to protect unmarried parents’ rights
Whether or not they are married, parents are a vital part of their child’s life. However, if you and your child’s other parent are not married, you may not have the same legal protections afforded to married parents. One way for unmarried parents to protect themselves...
Does your parenting plan include transportation?
You and your ex might have outlined a variety of different information in your parenting plan, including which nights you will each have the kids, how you want to handle holidays and many other concerns. However, your parenting plan may also need to detail how you...
4 Reasons You Should Consider Modifying a custody order
When you and your spouse separate, you will need to make decisions about child custody in Florida. However, if an issue arises that makes the arrangement difficult, then a modified custody order could be right for you. Here are some of the reasons why modifying the...
When life changes, can your child support agreement change, too?
Your child changes every day. They may have recently entered school. They may have different needs for healthcare than they did a year ago. You may have moved to a new home, changing their daily life in the process. Thankfully, your child support agreement can change...
Your brimming joint bank account is now … empty?
“Once there’s a separation,” states a financial adviser who works with divorcing couples, “people do weird things with money.” That’s not surprising, is it? Practiced Florida family law attorneys know from long experience that asset-tied issues are a prime source of...
Divorce time-sharing: working out the details
Time sharing. It is something you automatically did as married Florida parents with children. Now, and provided the kids are still under the age of 18, it is something you must learn to do in a revised way post-divorce. Divorce-linked time sharing has unquestionably...
Pets are understandably a key Florida divorce focus
A good many Floridians engaged in the divorce process have a beloved pet that has long been a central member of the family household. It is par for the course to think in emotive terms regarding that animal. Legions of divorcing Florida spouses naturally think about...