Divorce

A working father recently summarized his views for a media publication on what he termed the "hidden discrimination" that he says applies to many divorced fathers at the workplace. The following chronicles much of what he had to say.Even as women have drastically...

The on-again, off-again marriage of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant is on again. The couple used Vanessa Bryant's Instagram account to tell the world that they've reconciled and are dismissing their high-asset divorce case. Kobe Bryant's Facebook page confirmed the...

Kelli Stargel, former Florida House of Representatives member and newly elected state Senator (R-Lakeland), has alimony on her mind and, with backing from the grassroots advocacy group Florida Alimony Reform, says she will soon introduce legislation aimed at...

As we have noted in prior blog posts, divorce is a flatly unique experience for every couple that goes through it. That is why, in the viewpoint of many family law commentators, a cookie cutter approach to the matter, with a few boilerplate forms and recommendations,...

A euro here, a euro there ....Keep counting, and it doesn't take long to note that euros, like dollars, can, well, really add up.That's maybe what former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is thinking in the wake of his just-inked divorce settlement with...

Two recent media articles on life following divorce for former partners present views that are altogether different. Summarized briefly, one of them confines itself to a discussion of ex-spouses who couldn't get along at all during marriage and have simply extended...

"Mom's tree is over there. Dad's in another tree."This simple statement, uttered by a Sesame Street character, reflects a new approach to the way the celebrated program is addressing divorce for its young viewers. Sesame Street is getting decidedly proactive in...

Here's the short summation of the Orlando Sentinel's editorial viewpoint concerning the state of alimony in Florida:"Florida's alimony law should be changed to better reflect the changing times.""Changed," of course, is a word that does not immediately contain within...

After being married for seven years, Danica Patrick and her husband Paul Hospenthal, who works as a physical therapist, are calling it quits and divorcing. The split appears to be an amicable one, unlike many divorces that can get messy and upsetting for everyone...

People across the country, and certainly in Florida, have been riveted over the past several weeks on information and news relating to Sandy, the unprecedented storm that, with outsized momentum and fury, laid waste to many parts of the East Coast, most especially New...