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Depending on the circumstances of your divorce, Florida may require you to make payments to your former spouse after the divorce is final. This practice developed when it was common for one spouse to take time away from work to stay home and raise the children or run the household, and is meant to help make up for the years…
We all hope that our marriages will last forever, but that’s not always the case. It’s important to know how divorce laws in Florida work—perhaps even before you get married. The more you know about how property and custody disputes are settled and what you can expect from the process, the less likely you are to be blindsided by developments…
Divorce and child support can be expensive—but on the other hand, so is raising a child and starting over after a marriage ends. In many cases, the custodial parent can’t afford to raise their child entirely on their own, and since both parents bear a legal and financial responsibility to their children, one will almost always have to contribute child…
When you have a child, you’re legally obligated to contribute to the support and welfare of that child, even if you’re not a custodial parent. When a noncustodial parent refuses to pay their child support obligations, the custodial parent can file an action to force payment—and if the other parent refuses, they can experience serious consequences. If you’re dealing with…
Tax season is rapidly approaching. If you’re newly divorced with minor children, or have recently adjusted your custody agreement, you might be wondering how to handle the dependent exemption on your taxes. Which parent gets to claim them? Generally, only one person gets to claim the children as dependents, even if you share custody and pay child support, but there…
Few people anticipate ever needing a divorce, and this challenging situation becomes even more difficult when there are minor children involved. One of the most common questions our law firm is asked is how long a custody battle typically lasts. The answer, of course, is that it varies depending on several key factors: whether the parties agree on custody, how…
When two divorced parents live far away from each other, holidays and custody agreements are naturally a bit more difficult to work out. This is especially true if the move just happened and the parents need to renegotiate their parenting schedule. Depending on the current visitation schedule, one parent might request more holiday time in order to make up for…
Navigating the holidays as a divorced parent of minor children can be stressful and difficult. Depending on how each side of the family wants to celebrate the holidays, there can be major issues to resolve before either parent gets to watch their child open gifts or sit on Santa’s lap. That’s why making a parenting plan is crucial—it is a…
A parent has a legal duty to support their child, according to Dept. of Revenue v. Jackson, 846 So. 2d 486, 492 (Fla. 2003), but questions arise when that parent is incarcerated. Unlike under- or unemployed parents who can support their children, an incarcerated parent is incapable of producing the necessary income while they are in state custody. This doesn’t…
Being a parent is a difficult job, but an important one—in fact, the state values the role of mothers and fathers so much that anyone deemed “unfit” could be subject to having their parental rights terminated. Florida identifies several different statutory ways in which a person’s parental rights can be terminated. This isn’t a responsibility taken lightly, however, and there’s…