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As President Obama today expressed his support for gay marriage, the State of Florida continues to define marriage as “a legal union between one man and one woman,” leaving homosexuals in loving relationships in a state of legal limbo. Attempting to fill in the gap, many local county and municipal governments are passing “domestic partnership […]
As I recently relayed, the end of the 2012 Florida Legislative Session marked the death of alimony reform for the year. That is not to say that Florida alimony reform is dead forever. The Florida Bar News is reporting that Alan Frischer, head of the the Florida Alimony Reform Group, is preparing once again to […]
I see it all the time. A mother requests state welfare benefits, and the Florida Department of Revenue inquires as to whether the mother is receiving child support from her child’s father. The answer is no, and the Department of Revenue then initiates an administrative action to get the father to financially support his child. […]
Chief Judge Manuel Menendez, Jr., of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, recently entered Administrative Order A-2012-24, which outlines new judicial assignments for Hillsborough County. Below are the assignments for the Family Law Division, effective June 25, 2012: Division A – The Honorable Cheryl K. Thomas; Division B – The Honorable Paul L. Huey; Division […]
An article from The Guardian tells the tale of two lesbian partners who went through a second parent adoption: Related: Five Legal Steps Florida LGBT Parents Should Take When Patricia Moreno was pregnant with her first child, she went through the usual existential doubts about how life as a new mother would be. Moreno, a […]
Introduction to IACP Client Survey The International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (“IACP”) has been conducting a survey which studies clients’ experiences with collaborative divorce and collaborative family law in general. Collaborative divorce is a process by which parties, instead of going to court to litigate, agree to a private framework that lends itself to developing […]
Many bills relating to family law were proposed this past legislative session. Many, if not most, of the bills died, while some, including House Bill 1163, passed both houses and were signed into law by Governor Scott. House Bill 1163 (now Chapter 2012-81 of the Laws of Florida) made the following changes to Florida’s adoption […]
Rosalind Sedacca, a divorce and parenting coach and author, writes about why parents should not bash one another in front of their children: When you put down their other parent, your children are likely to interpret it as a put-down of part of them. When both parents are guilty of this behavior, it can create […]
On March 24, 2012, I was joined by friends and family to run Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Race to the Courthouse 5K as “Team Cordover.” The race began at Stetson University’s Tampa campus and benefitted pro bono services throughout Hillsborough County. Front Row, L to R: Jake Biller, Marcy Biller, Jamie Gomez, Kasey Biller, Laurie Strauss, […]
I recently had the opportunity to attend a joint meeting of the Tampa Bay Family Law Inn of Court and Pinellas County’s Canakaris Inn of Court. The guest speakers were three judges from Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals: Chris Altenbernd, Edward C. LaRose, and Robert Morris. I had the opportunity to discuss collaborative divorce […]
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