Make The Divorce Process Simpler
“Everything is relevant, and should be brought up.”So says Michelle Rozen, a mediator and family law commentator in discussing divorce mediation, a proactive process that she tells participants will yield the best possible results if they approach it with...
Complex asset division in a marital dissolution can be, well, complex, when a divorcing spouse makes concerted efforts to hide marital wealth from a partner. In such a case, an equitable property division depends on tracing hidden assets, ensuring that they are...
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...
We last left off with the subject of spousal maintenance in Florida last spring, when Gov. Rick Scott -- to the surprise of many -- vetoed a bill passed by state legislators that would have brought material changes in the area.Spousal maintenance, better known to many...
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...
What can an older divorced person do while continuing to live in his or her longtime Florida home and having problems making ends meet?Many older persons live alone following a divorce while confronting troublesome money issues. Financial constraints can owe to a...
Tomorrow spells the long-awaited effective date on which American consumers can begin browsing online for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.That law, better known to millions as Obamacare, allows individuals and families in Florida and nationally to...
More than half of children living in a home faced by poverty do not reside with both parents. Many of these parents likely do not have in place a visitation order. This is often because many of these couples were never married to begin with. The one benefit of...
Sherell Rosegreen, a Lauderdale Lakes resident in Broward County, survived a marriage marked by domestic violence acts repeatedly visited on her by her ex-husband. She subsequently wrote a book about it entitled “Abused Under His Charm” as an act of...
Some readers in Florida and elsewhere might recollect a study authored by the RAND Corporation (a global nonprofit that provides policy analysis on a number of subjects for the United States government) several years ago on the topic of military divorce.That 2007...