In an amicable divorce, parents often draft a detailed plan to outline primary custody, parenting schedules, and other important details for the child's benefit. While putting your parenting plan into writing is great for protecting each parent's rights and...
There are many advantages to avoiding courtroom drama when dissolving a marriage. Couples opting to engage in the collaborative divorce process enjoy significant benefits. Among them are less stress and saving both time and money. They take place in informal settings,...
Florida law requires both parents to financially support their child, even if their relationship ends. If you have custody of your children and do not receive court-ordered child support, you have legal recourse. Learn more about what to do if your child's other...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that drunk drivers cause around 10,000 fatal accidents annually. A drunk driving accident can change someone's life, which is why states enact stern DUI laws. However, a person in Bartow, Florida, arrested...
Florida custody laws allow parents to modify parenting time after the initial divorce decree has been granted. Many things change after the aftermath of your divorce, and the initial plan may become unworkable or unreasonable both for you and the child. If you have...
Many people visualize a divorce as two former lovers battling it out in court to see which one can come out on top. While there are some divorces that are like this, it doesn't always have to be that way. Collaborative divorce in Florida can be a much less combative...
Sometimes, marriages don’t end well. You and your spouse may have had more than a few heated arguments over the years. Now, you have decided to divorce because your marriage just isn’t working. Yet divorce brings even more stress and emotion into your relationship....
A lengthy and often contentious divorce in court is hard on everyone in the family. Concern for the effect on their children and future family relationships is why many couples turn to the more respectful option of collaborative divorce. Understanding how it works...
When you have children and are seeking a divorce from your partner, you need to cast aside any disagreements you two have to try to co-parent agreeably and allow your children to thrive in their new reality. Florida law outlines the minimum requirements a parenting...
Having to move and adjust to living in single-parent households are two realities many children of divorced couples have to process. But, from their perspective, they might feel simply feel confusion and frustrated with all the new routines and logistics of living...