At the heart of many divorces are financial issues. However, high-net-worth couples grow apart over other issues. One such issue that is often hidden from the public eye is substance abuse problems. Functional alcoholics and drug addicts may seem healthy to other...
Divorce can leave kids feeling trapped between two homes that do not truly feel like home. This can cause stress, anxiety and a whole host of other issues. However, parents can work together to make sure that both homes feel like home. The importance of home...
For many divorcing parents, there are no more contentious issues than child support and child custody. All parents believe they are the best parents, and no parent wants their money wasted, even if that waste is just perceived. This is why litigation over these two...
Even those in a long-term marriage can find their relationship to be difficult and unhappy sometimes. Sometimes, a long-term marriage deteriorates so significantly that it eventually leads to divorce. The concept of couples in their 50s, 60s and beyond divorcing has...
People build their lives and their finances together during a marriage. The couple is able to share in the finances the couple earns and acquires. Couples often make financial decisions based on what is best for the two of them and not just what may be best for just...
Florida law expects the parties to follow the terms of an alimony order. The paying party (known as the obligor) will have a specific amount they will pay to the receiving party (the obligee). The amount and duration will vary based on the circumstances. Even after...
Child support disputes are the types of situations that oftentimes end up in courtroom litigation simply because these issues can be so contentious and the parents involved cannot agree. If you are facing a child support dispute in a Florida court, how will you handle...
Most Floridians who have gone through a divorce involving issues of asset division, alimony, child custody and child support assume that the judge’s signature on the final order closes all issues between the divorcing spouses. As we all know, life is uncertain, and...
Many children in Florida benefit from having two caring parents, even if those parents are no longer together. People may assume that joint custody means that the child will spend equal time with each parent and that each parent will share equal responsibility when it...
Dividing marital assets can be one of the most difficult issues in a Florida divorce. State law requires the court to begin with the premise that “the distribution should be equal, unless there is a justification for an unequal distribution based on all relevant...