You could be a Florida resident who is thinking about divorce and wondering how you might best proceed.If that describes you, you are certainly not alone. Obviously, many marriages end in divorce, and divorcing parties in a good number of those often wonder how to...
Month: August 2013
When kids go back to school, so, too, do divorced parents
One family law commentator notes that newly divorced parents, as well as their kids, have some learning to do as the calendar marches steadily and quickly toward the advent of a new school year in Florida and nationally.If you weren’t divorced last year at this...
Could home improvement projects be detrimental to a marriage?
Last month on our blog, we wrote about how married couples who argue about financial issues early in their marriage are more likely to split up. It is fairly well established that disputes over money are one of the leading reasons for divorce in Florida and around the...
Multigenerational households: “Grandfamilies” and child custody
The concept and reality has been termed “grandfamilies,” denoting a family arrangement where family units are headed by grandparents, either living together with multiple family generations or residing solely with their grandchildren.That family coupling...
Singer Usher prevails in emergency child custody hearing
As this blog has noted in a few prior posts, family law matters involving high-profile media figures can be instructive beyond the mere entertainment value they provide for some readers through gossip tabloids and televisions shows.In fact, is it precisely that wide...
Bogus paterntiy claim targeting Michael Jordan will cost claimant
Many readers of this blog might perhaps be familiar with the term “frivolous litigation,” which denotes the idea that a petitioner before a court has not brought a claim worthy of merit that should command the court’s attention and energies.Sometimes...
Wife of ex-director of anti-violence group recants abuse charge
As this blog has indicated in a few prior select posts, the subject of domestic violence occurring in families in Florida and nationally is often extremely complex in its overtones and implications.For example, and although men are statistically proven to be the...