Video: Ten Techniques To Minimize the Stress of Divorce on Children
Chicago family law attorney Richard Kulerski provides ten techniques that you can use to minimize the negative impact that a divorce can have on children:
Secretly Recording A Spouse Has A Price: $120,000.00
/1 Comment/in Divorce //Tags: child custody, divorce, domestic violence injunction, parental responsibility, parenting plan, time-sharingby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawAn article from Ars Technica discusses a woman who secretly put a recording device in a teddy bear to prove allegations that her estranged spouse was mistreating their daughter. Not only did the family law court rule that the recordings were inadmissible, but the husband (“Duke”) sued the wife (“Dianna”) in federal court for, among other things, violation of the federal Wiretap Act. From the article:
When Duke filed the federal lawsuit against Dianna in 2009, he also rounded up five other plaintiffs whose conversations had been recorded by the bear. One plaintiff, a cousin of Duke’s, at one point had the bear in his van for several days after it was left there accidentally; the cousin, going through his own divorce at the time, was upset that his conversations had been recorded and eventually distributed to people involved with Duke and Dianna’s custody case.
Name Change: Where do I petition?
/0 Comments/in Legal Name Change //Tags: 12th Judicial Circuit, 13th Judicial Circuit, 6th Judicial Circuit, change of name, Hillsborough County, Manatee County, name change, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Sarasota County, Tampaby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawIf you are looking to legally change your name you may be wondering: Where do I file a petition? Do I have to go to Tallahassee? Do I file in the circuit court of the county where I was born? Can I request that a circuit court in the county where I live change my name?
Section 68.07, Florida Statutes, and relevant case law, provides an answer…
Advantages of a Stepparent Adopton
/0 Comments/in Adoption //Tags: adoption, adult adoption, close relative adoption, stepparent adoptionby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawFlorida has provided an expedited process for cases where a spouse seeks to adopt his or her stepchild. Advantages of a stepparent adoption over the average adoption include the following:
- Preliminary and final home studies to determine the suitability of intended adoptive parents and whether the adoption is in the child’s best interests are not required (though, in some cases, they may be ordered by a judge);
- Proceedings for termination of the biological parent’s rights occur at the same time as proceedings for adoption, so an intended adopted parent does not have to wait until a biological parent’s rights are terminated prior to filing a petition for adoption;
Alimony Tax Tips
/0 Comments/in Divorce //Tags: alimony, marital settlement agreement, tax consequencesby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawRobert D. Flach of MainStreet.com provides the following advice regarding tax treatment of alimony:
To be deductible, alimony payments must be in cash (or check) and required as a condition of the divorce decree. You and your “ex” must not live together in the same household, and payments must end upon the death of the “ex.”
Video: Uninterrupted TV – Family Communication
/0 Comments/in Divorce //Tags: child custody, time-sharingby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawThe following video from Uninterrupted TV provides advice to teens and parents about how to facilitate better intra-family communication:
Divorce: Protecting Your Credit Score
/1 Comment/in Divorce //Tags: divorce, equitable distribution, marital settlement agreementby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawAn article from consumer website WalletPop.com discusses ways to protect your credit score as you go through a divorce. The following issues (from both the article and my experience) should be addressed in any marital settlement agreement and/or final judgment:
- Closing of joint credit card accounts;
- Closing of joint charge accounts, such as J.C. Penneys or Macy’s;
Video: Uninterrupted TV – Parent-Teen Relationships
/0 Comments/in Divorce //Tags: time-sharingby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawThe following video from Uninterrupted TV provides advice on relationship building from both a parent and a teenager’s perspective:
Filing Fees in Sarasota County
/3 Comments/in Divorce //Tags: 12th Judicial Circuit, filing fees, Sarasota Countyby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawI previous wrote about filing fees in Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, and Pasco County. In this post I review current filing fees in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Sarasota County, for common family law matters. A person who initiates a family law case (the “Petitioner”) will pay the following:
Video: The Family Law Project – Child Support
/0 Comments/in Divorce //Tags: child support, marital settlement agreement, time-sharingby Adam B. Cordover, Attorney-at-LawIn 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 deductions–such as daycare and healthcare expenses–as well as the amount of time children spend with each parent.
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