Make The Divorce Process Simpler
As with so many things in life, including family law matters such as child support and alimony, there are two sides to the story. It's noteworthy how the drama surrounding two former professional basketball players serves to point this out.Over the past couple weeks,...
One South Florida nonprofit organization with a stated mission to protect women from domestic violence and to help them create a new future that is free from incidents of domestic abuse is currently celebrating the changed circumstances of its 100th...
A new research study in marriage conducted among 22,000 men and women states that nearly half of all first marriages end within 20 years. The study reveals that about 60 percent of all couples now live together before they marry, which in many instances does seem to...
We recently discussed a family law case that, although from Ohio, has relevance in Florida and every other state in the country (Please see our March 6 blog post). Moreover, and from its inception until now, it has progressively been picking up more comments from...
A man currently facing bigamy charges was outed by one of his wives after she discovered on Facebook that he was married to another woman. The man had entered into a second marriage after leaving his first wife in 2009, but he never filed for divorce from one wife...
A near textbook case for examining the interplay of factors at work in a divorce featuring substantial and complex property division is currently emerging in a New York court. The case, which has a Florida nexus, involves Dmitry Rybolovlev -- one of the richest men in...
Divorcing couples competing for child custody can endure a great deal of scrutiny concerning every aspect of their lives. In some cases, your children's teachers can have a significant impact in the results of child custody proceedings, influencing a judge's final...
You can't really call it a trend, but a New Jersey bill just introduced into that state's legislature and calling for mandatory genetic testing of parents and newborns follows similar legislation from Kansas last year that is still pending in that state's...
Facebook rears its head again in a family law matter.We have commented in prior blog posts about the rapidly emerging importance of Facebook and other social media sites in divorce-related matters from Florida to California. In this day and age, an online presence is...
A South Florida judge grabbed center stage recently when, in adjudicating a domestic violence incident between a Plantation couple, he ordered the husband to take his wife out on a date to Red Lobster.Broward County Circuit Judge John Hurley's order also required the...