Carefully Safeguarding Your Rights and Interests
After a divorce and if you have children, you may be able to work out a child custody agreement and establish your parental rights. One of the things you can work out is physical and legal custody. Determining physical and legal custody can seem confusing at first....
You and your former spouse decided to divorce. The process has concluded, and it’s time to move onto the next chapter of your lives. For some former couples, this simply means going their separate ways. For parents who share minor children, it isn’t quite that simple....
It's a divorced parent's worst nightmare - your ex-spouse wants to relocate and take your children with them. How will that affect your visitation schedule? What happens if you refuse to give your ex consent to relocate? Are they still allowed to move? The relocation...
Preserving stability is often the first goal parents set when they divorce or separate while sharing children. Keeping the children on the same schedule and enrolled at the same school can make it easier for them to connect with support during this challenging...
These days, many people’s careers can require them to move across the country or the other side of the world – or travel for long stretches of time. If you have to be far away from your child and your co-parent, your primary concern is likely how you’ll be able to...
As divorcing parents, you need to decide on custody issues. Parents can often agree on custody schedules without intervention from the family court. Nonetheless, if this is not feasible, then the court will step in and come to a decision based on the best interests of...
Florida requires divorcing parents to create a parenting plan. It should outline how you will share responsibilities for their children. While you might be tempted to skimp on this and work things out as you go along, state law makes detailing certain things...
When a child’s parents are no longer romantically linked, Florida law insists that they formalize their child support arrangements. Since 2018, the state’s Child Support Program has integrated the use of parenting time plans (PTPs) into most of the state’s orders...
Unlike Child Custody, the Answer is Predetermined Many pet owners view their pets as part of the family, perhaps even as precious as children. When pet owners are involved in divorce proceedings, they may wonder, who gets the pet? While Florida law is clear regarding...