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Florida is a “No Fault” divorce state. This means that parties do not have to accuse one another of doing harm to the marriage, such as by committing adultery or domestic violence, for a judge to grant a dissolution of marriage. Rather, a party merely needs to allege that the marriage is “irretrievably broken.” The usual test that […]
Mandi Woodruff at the Business Insider provides the following tips for divorcing spouses: Procrastinating. If you’re newly divorced and haven’t filed taxes as you read this article, you might want to get a move on it. First of all, there’s no telling how willing your ex will be to fork over his or her tax […]
Here’s the story: Two women are in a committed lesbian relationship when they decide to have a child together using reproductive technologies. One woman (the “Genetic Mother”) supplies the egg and has it fertilized. That egg is then implanted into her partner (the “Birth Mother”) who gives birth in 2004. Related: Five Legal Steps Florida […]
Oftentimes when potential clients come into my office for a consultation, I get asked the following question: “Does Florida have a waiting period for divorce?” In fact, Florida does have a waiting period.
In previous posts, I had written about proposed changes to the Florida Alimony Statute (section 61.08, Florida Statutes) that were under consideration in Florida Senate Bill 748 and Florida House Bill 549. Well, as it turns out, neither of these bills passed in the Florida Legislature’s 2012 session. On March 9, the Senate Bill died […]
I’ve recently been writing about e-Filing in Tampa Bay Family Law cases. Many attorneys, like myself, are pushing for swift and comprehensive implementation of e-Filing (the option of filing documents electronically through the internet rather than sending a paper copy to the physical location of the clerk of the court) because, as I wrote in […]
As a former cigarette smoker, an article in the Washington Times regarding smoking and child custody piqued my interest. Below is an excerpt: States are increasingly factoring in cigarette smoking in making decisions about who gets custody of minor children. The group Action on Smoking and Health, an anti-tobacco advocacy group, surveyed custody issues involving […]
You may have heard of the term “paperless office,” where documents are stored on networks and hard drives rather than in physical drawers and filing cabinets. The advantages of the paperless office over traditional means of storing documents include the following: money is saved on paper and postage; space is saved from bulky file cabinets; […]
According to the Washington Post, Maryland will likely become the seventh state to recognize gay marriage: Related: Five Legal Steps Florida LGBT Parents Should Take A bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland was approved by the state Senate, which advanced a measure that narrowly cleared the House of Delegates last week. The final […]
Yesterday I wrote an update on changes that the Florida Senate is proposing to make to current alimony laws. Below is the text of the current version of Senate Bill 748 (added text is underlined, while deleted text is stricken): An act relating to dissolution of marriage; amending s. 61.08, F.S.; revising the factors to […]
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