Monthly Archives: September 2026
Estate Planning Oversights That Create Additional Issues During Same-Sex Divorce
Divorce affects more than property ownership, support, and parenting arrangements. Estate planning documents may still give a spouse rights over financial accounts, property, or important financial decisions while a divorce is pending. Beneficiary forms, trusts, wills, and powers of attorney may also change at different points in the dissolution process. Same-sex spouses may enter… Read More »
Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity and the Legal Consequences in Florida
A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity can feel like a simple hospital form, especially when both parents agree about who the child’s father is. In Florida, that signature can establish legal paternity and shape what happens later with support, parenting rights, and birth records. A document signed in a hospital room can become the starting… Read More »
Military Retirement and the 10/10 Rule: Separating Federal Benefit Eligibility from Property Division Rights
Military retirement may be one of the most valuable assets in a military divorce. Confusion often begins with the federal “10/10 rule,” particularly when a marriage ends before reaching 10 years of overlapping military service. The rule is sometimes treated as though it decides whether a spouse can receive any portion of military retired… Read More »
Permanent vs. Temporary Support: Strategic Implications in Litigation
Alimony disputes can shape a divorce long before the final hearing. A temporary support order may decide how bills are paid while the case is pending, who can maintain the marital home, whether litigation expenses are covered, and how much pressure builds before mediation. By the final judgment, the focus shifts from keeping the… Read More »
How Courts Determine Credibility in Mutual Allegations of Abuse
Domestic violence injunction cases become harder when both sides accuse the other of abuse. One spouse may file for protection. The other may deny the allegations and describe a different pattern of threats, intimidation, stalking, harassment, or physical confrontation. Once both sides tell competing versions of the same relationship, the case turns on details… Read More »
From Discovery to Final Judgment: How a Contested Divorce Moves Toward Trial
A contested divorce begins when the spouses tell sharply different stories about their finances, their property, or their children. One spouse values a business at one figure while the other insists it is worth far more. An account is claimed as separate property even though marital funds passed through it for years. Both parents… Read More »
Career Advancement vs. Parenting Time: Litigating Employment-Based Relocation Requests
A promotion, mandatory transfer, or new position in another city can offer a parent higher income, better benefits, and a stronger professional future. Accepting the opportunity becomes far more complicated when the move would take a child away from an established home, school, and time-sharing schedule. The relocating parent sees a chance to build… Read More »
Child Support Calculations in Shared Custody Arrangements
Child support becomes more complicated when both parents have meaningful time with the children because the financial obligation has to support two households without treating the parenting schedule as the only fact that matters. Florida’s calculation looks at each parent’s income, the overnight schedule, health insurance, childcare costs, and recurring child-related expenses. Equal or… Read More »