Dividing up property and debts in a divorce may prove easier than trying to divide your time with the kids. Divorce, where people have children in common, requires a parenting plan before a judge will sign off the final paperwork. Florida family law judges look at...
Child custody and visitation can be contentious, especially for unwed fathers. With custody priority often given to mothers, an unwed father can often feel left out. What many fathers may not understand is that there are legal options to preserve their rights. There...
Divorced parents in Florida must create a parenting plan that clearly outlines their custody and visitation arrangement. As your children grow or your circumstances change, you may want to modify this plan. Before you do this, you should understand Florida's laws...
When parents split, the question of custody is paramount. Divorce courts spend much time focusing on the needs of children. Naturally, juveniles should live around mothers and fathers without addictions. Evidence of a substance abuse problem could impact a custody or...
Custody battles often take up a lot of your time and resources, on top of the mental taxation they automatically come with. One of the worst feelings involves fighting through - and winning - a difficult and lengthy custody battle, only for your child to say they want...
A certain sense of finality accompanies any divorce case in Florida. Yet while signaling the ends of one's marriage, should they share children with their ex-spouse, the process of managing custody between them begins. Depending on the ages of the children involved,...
As a parent going through a divorce, you likely spend plenty of time worrying about ways in which you can parent your child without getting into issues and arguments with your co-parent. Especially in the heat of a divorce, this may seem like a distant dream....
Gone are the days when divorcing parents had few options for sharing custody of the kids. Increasingly, newly single mothers and fathers are looking for innovative ways to provide stability for their children after divorce. Nesting, sometimes called birdnesting, is...
In the state of Florida, all cases involving responsibility for the care of children require parenting plans. The court has certain requirements. Here are four important elements to include when drafting your plan. 1. Sharing of rights and responsibilities Explain...
Divorce is never easy, especially when you have children. No matter their ages, divorce impacts kids at least as much as, if not more than, their parents. For one thing, it represents the break-up of the home and family they rely on. For another, they often feel that...
