Regardless of whether co-parents are getting a divorce or have never been married, a parenting plan will be put in place outlining a number of important issues, including child custody arrangements. A parenting plan is an agreement setting forth details and parameters of the co-parenting arrangement. While parenting plans can be...
Florida Penalties for Failure to Pay Child Support
Florida does not take failure to pay child support lightly. In fact, it has some of the harshest penalties for offenders. Child support is, after all, payments made from a noncustodial parent to the custodial parent to provide financial support to the child. A court will not take likely a noncustodial...
Reentering the Workforce After Divorce
At the beginning of most marriages, both spouses have their own careers. They have their income streams and they share expenses. Once kids enter the picture, the financial dynamic can drastically change. It is still common for one spouse, usually the lower-earning spouse, to take a step back from their career in...
What Can Child Support Payments Be Used For?
When you are going through a divorce and there are children involved, child support may very well come into play. After all, Florida law makes it clear that both parents of a child have a legal obligation to provide financial support. Upon divorcing, Florida child support guidelines will dictate what amount...
Requesting Temporary Child Support
Divorces can take quite a bit of time to resolve. In the meantime, you may have difficulty providing for your children without financial assistance from your soon-to-be former spouse. If this is the case, you should pursue temporary child support by requesting it from the court. Here’s more information on how you...
Who Qualifies for Rehabilitative Alimony?
Let’s face it, alimony is a hot button topic for many going through divorce or about to go through the divorce process. The prospect of paying a former spouse money for an extended period of time after the marriage has ended does not sit well with many nor does the prospect...
What Happens to an LLC in a Divorce?
When you are going through a divorce, or about to go through a divorce, the division of the marital assets can be a particularly stressful sticking point of the whole process. After all, some of our assets are not only financially lucrative, but are also incredibly personal. If you are a...
Why You Should Consider a Prenuptial Agreement
While prenuptial, or premarital, agreements have been dramatized in the past, the shadow is lifting more and more as people begin to realize how useful they can be. Yes, it does involve making plans for the end of a marriage before a marriage begins, but you may be surprised to find that...
Gifted Assets and Divorce
In a Florida divorce, marital assets are equitably divided between the spouses. Equitable division of the assets means that the assets are divided fairly under the circumstances and will not necessarily be divided in an equal split. Non-marital assets are not subject to division and remain the separate property of the...
Grounds for Divorce in Florida
If you are considering filing for divorce in Florida, it is likely that you have a great many questions. After all, when you are contemplating divorce, you will have your own set of complex reflections to confront. When you make that step to actually pursue the legal process of divorce, a...
