If there's one central message that Mary Riedel, the CEO of a prominent shelter and advocacy program in Broward County, imparts to her audience in a recent interview, it is this: "Domestic violence has no one face."In stating that, Riedel is centering in on what she...
Month: July 2011
Custody Hearing: Web Testimony Helps Deported Couple Regain Kids
The long saga of a child custody battle pitting the state of Pennsylvania and an economically challenged and deported Mexican couple concluded last week with the couple's two children -- girls aged 4 and 8 -- being reunited with their parents in Mexico City.Both...
Doctor’s Views on Child Custody and Super Obese Kids Controversial
We referred to the "bedrock standard" of the best interests of the child in discussing Florida child custody law in a recent blog post (July 15). In doing so, we were taking into account the many factors that together help define what those best interests are. We...
Child Support: Willful Failure to Pay Can Result in Felony Charge
Florida family law judges have a number of remedies available to enforce child support orders against persons with support duties. State revenue officials, too, have a wide array of enforcement tools at their disposal, including delinquency notices, Florida driver's...
The Focal Point of FL Custody Law: The Child’s Best Interests
The best interests of the child.That is the fundamental force and underpinning motivation -- the bedrock standard -- that drives child custody laws in every American state, including Florida. And although the goal is uniformly the same, the permutations and details...
Survey: Deception with Money a Prime Divorce Catalyst
When thirty-one percent of married respondents in a recent survey indicated that they were cheating on their spouses, they weren't talking about affairs with third parties.Rather, they were talking about deception regarding shared finances, or what is more commonly...
51-Year-Old Actor Weds Teenager: Prenup in the House?
Actor Doug Anthony Hutchison was 35 years old when aspiring country singer Courtney Alexis Stodden was born. Sixteen short years later, and the couple is married.Is there a prenuptial agreement in the house? Most marriages commence with high hopes and dreams of a...
Court Demands Exec Abide by Divorce Settlement Interest Clause
By all accounts, Barry Dougan -- the chief executive of the Credit Suisse Group -- is a very smart, successful and eminently sophisticated business executive, and that is exactly how the Connecticut Supreme Court chose to regard him in its recent ruling concerning the...
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