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If you have wondered how old you need to be to get hitched in Florida, section 741.0405 of the Florida Statutes has that answer: 741.0405 When marriage license may be issued to persons under 18 years.— (1) If either of the parties shall be under the age of 18 years but at least 16 years of age, […]
Ever since my first basic collaborative divorce training in Tampa in 2011, I have been enthusiastically offering the collaborative process to my clients as a better way to handle family law matters. I have also tried to become a student of the process, reading every book I can get my hands on that discusses collaborative divorce. […]
If a court orders you to pay child support, I have two words for you: Pay It. Child support is taken so seriously by the Florida and federal government that it is one of the few types of debts that cannot be discharged in bankruptcy proceedings, and it can be enforced against you no matter which […]
Many people have been following a matter that I am involved in, the same sex divorce case in Tampa, Florida. Well, the judge just issued her ruling, and she dismissed the amended petition for dissolution of the parties’ marriage. In her order, Judge Lee writes the following: The Petitioner filed her initial Petition for Dissolution of […]
A couple of weeks ago, the Washington Post reported that an army soldier convicted of leaking classified materials had changed her legal name from Bradley Manning to Chelsea Elizabeth Manning. Ms. Manning’s name change has come after her public acknowledgment that she is transgender. So could Chelsea Manning have been granted a name change in Florida?
The Florida Bar’s Young Lawyer Division has produced the following video which discusses collaborative divorce, the growing private and respectful method of resolving family law disputes. The video features collaborative attorney Elaine Silver, with whom I serve on the Collaborative Family Law Council of Florida. (Click “Continue Reading” to View Video)
In a case with many similarities to the Florida same sex divorce matter being deliberated here in Tampa, a district judge in Texas has ruled that, despite that state’s same sex marriage ban, two women should be permitted to divorce. In fact, according to the Daily Kos, the Texas judge ruled that their Defense of […]
I have recently been involved in a Tampa family law matter that has made a couple of headlines lately. I represent a client who married her wife in Massachusetts, they moved to Florida, and ultimately they decided that their same sex marriage was irretrievably broken. The women reached a full settlement on all their marital […]
A friend of mine, leading Tampa Bay collaborative attorney, and fellow member of Next Generation Divorce George Melendez recently wrote a blog post after he and I had a discussion on how collaborative family law practice can help members of various faith communities. George has made it his mission to communicate with clergy that divorce and […]
I strongly believe that the traditional adversarial courtroom divorce is destructive to families, and so I am a strong proponent of the private, respectful collaborative divorce process. I am also president of a local collaborative practice group known as Next Generation Divorce which is comprised of over 90 collaboratively-trained attorneys, mental health professionals, and financial […]
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