Make The Divorce Process Simpler
After spending several years in the limelight on their family’s reality TV show, Jon and Kate Gosselin were involved in a very public divorce battle. The couple had initially gained attention for their amicable relationship while dealing with the stresses of...
The birth mother of a four-year-old Native Indian girl says that the biological father willingly ended his parental rights prior to his daughter’s birth. The father’s conduct over the past several years suggests otherwise, and the child custody dispute...
Some family law cases are a bit more complex than others. At the least, they test new legal ground in given jurisdictions and are instructive for how courts elsewhere, including in Florida, might view and resolve a contested matter.A case in point involves a child...
Trey Powell, a resident of Seattle, says that he engaged in a lot of self-reflection and internally asked himself lots of questions before he began his walk down the path of becoming a single father through surrogacy.“I had to be sure it was the right thing to...
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...
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...
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...
As newly published information released by the national Pew Research Center indicates, Americans’ attitudes toward gender roles in marriage have changed appreciably within the past generation. That shift has notable implications toward perceptions concerning...
As this blog has previously noted, and as family law commentators across the country -- including in Florida -- readily acknowledge, child custody matters can be among the thorniest and most complex in any divorce matter.That can also be true even in the absence of...
"Parental responsibility" and "time sharing" are terms frequently used in Florida to convey a sense of common parenting unity and involvement in children's lives following divorce. Notwithstanding that, though, and despite similarities at work in other states, the...