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Research Findings on Collaborative Divorce from England and Wales
In June 2014, United Kingdom researchers Anne Barlow, Rosemary Hunter, Janet Smithson, and Jan Ewing published a research paper titled Mapping Paths to Family Justice. The paper was based on research sponsored by the University of Exeter, the University of Kent, and the Economic & Research Council and which compared various forms of private dispute […]
Florida Same-Sex Marriage – Will I Be On My Child’s Birth Certificate?
It has long been the law in Florida that when a child is born during an intact marriage between a man and a woman, the husband shall be placed on the birth certificate. Generally, this is the case even if the husband is not the biological father of the child; the right of the child […]
A Former Judge’s Take on the Family Court System
As a Florida family law attorney, I tell clients all the time that – for the sake of their children, finances, and sanity – it is best if divorcing spouses are able to reach an agreement on their own, without leaving important decisions that will affect the rest of their lives up to a judge. […]
Prenuptial Agreements: Divorce Planning or Collaborative Marriage Planning?
Prenuptial agreements have been around for quite some time in Florida. They are an agreement between people who are about to wed in which the parties set out their rights and responsibilities in a written document that is executed in front of a notary and two witnesses. Prenuptial agreements are oftentimes thought of as “divorce […]
Tampa Same Sex Divorce Case First DOMA Challenge Certified to Florida Supreme Court
Can two women who were married in Massachusetts but now are residents of Florida divorce in Florida? That is the question that my Tampa client and her wife were looking to have answered in the affirmative. The trial judge determined that she did not have the power to dissolve a marriage that the State of […]
BREAKING NEWS – Florida Judge Permits Same Sex Marriage Licenses in Florida Keys
Yet another judge has declared a ban on same sex marriages to be unconstitutional, and this one occurred right here in Florida. The Honorable Luis M. Garcia found the law preventing the Clerk of Monroe County from issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples invokes a fundamental right and has no rational basis and, accordingly, violates the […]
