Entries by Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-Law

Video: The Family Law Project – Child Support

In the following dramatization from Aspen Publishing, child support guidelines are reviewed: You should note that Florida utilizes the “Income Shares” approach (the second guidelines approach discussed) to determine a child support amount.  However, in addition to including the pro rata share of income from each parent, the Florida child support guidelines also factors in […]

Charlie Sheen Domestic Violence Allegations

I generally shy away from celebrity gossip news, but Charlie Sheen has been plastering the airwaves in a pitched battle with everyone from his former wife, Brooke Mueller, to the president of CBS.  Not surprisingly, his former spouse filed a petition for injunction against domestic violence against Sheen.  The Smoking Gun has published the text […]

Father Flees Florida With Child; Faces Charges of Felony Interference With Custody of Child

News-Press.com out of Fort Meyers, Florida, is reporting that a father faces felony charges of interference with custody of a minor child after fleeing the state and hiding his child in Michigan. The child’s father and mother had been divorced since May of 2010, and the father was exercising his regularly scheduled time-sharing with his […]

Video: The Family Law Project – Paternity

The following video from Aspen Publishing dramatizes a consultation where a young man is seeking information regarding paternity: Please note that, in Florida, if the state files a petition to establish paternity and child support on behalf of a mother, the issue of a father’s custody rights will not necessarily be addressed.  A father has […]

Video: The Intelligent Divorce

When a client comes into my office with a divorce matter involving minor children, I always tell him or her that, even after divorce, he or she will still be in a relationship with an ex-spouse until–at the very earliest–all of their children have turned eighteen.  Dr. Mark Banschick, a diplomat of the American Board […]

Can You Name Yourself “Facebook?”

In commemoration of the role that the social networking site played in the recent upheaval in Egypt, a man has named his newborn baby girl “Facebook.”   According to a translation by TechCrunch.com, the following announcement appeared in Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram: A New Day Man Names His Newborn Girl Facebook A young man in his twenties wanted […]