Make The Divorce Process Simpler
The term "deadbeat parents" is well understood by most providers in Florida and other states who fulfill their family responsibilities by caring adequately for their children. There are certainly situations in which loving and well-intentioned parents simply run into...
Divorce, with attendant issues that can include child custody, child support, property division and other matters, can be problematic even under the most agreeable terms, but life after divorce does not have to be. Setting your intentions early on following a divorce...
When a couple from South Carolina walked out of a hospital in 2009 with their newly born adopted daughter in their arms, they could scarcely have contemplated that two and a half years later they would be enmeshed in a child custody battle with the Cherokee Nation.In...
"Divorce is ultimately a very personal decision, and what's best for you doesn't have anything to do with the date on the calendar."Having said that, one divorce consultant interviewed by a national publication acknowledged as well what many of her professional peers...
Calling it "a unique case," and stating that "the appellate courts in Florida have never before considered a case quite like it," a state appeals court in Daytona Beach ruled last month that a Brevard County judge erred in a child custody case involving a same-sex...
Divorce can bring out frustrations and emotions in everyone involved, but the stakes get even higher when children are involved. Not only do divorcing couples in Florida and nationally sometimes use their children as pawns in their conflict and often battle over...
With a pending bankruptcy case, a federal judge must now rule on whether the delinquent child support case against former NBA All-Star Antoine Walker can proceed. A circuit judge recently said he could not take action on the back child support and delinquent school...
As many family law experts have noted, child custody considerations and arrangements have evolved greatly in recent years in Florida and elsewhere across the United States, as shared custody and time sharing between parents has grown commonplace.In prior times, when...
Stories relating to Mel Gibson's high-profile family life appeared steadily throughout 2010, ushered in the new year and continued essentially unabated throughout the past 12 months. It hardly seems remiss, therefore, that one more Gibson-related story -- in fact, the...
Domestic violence allegations and confirmed instances of domestic abuse are starkly on the rise in Miami-Dade County and elsewhere throughout South Florida, say both advocates for domestic violence victims and emergency shelter workers.There are three state-certified...