Recent Blog Posts
Real World Advice to be Prepared for a Divorce
The internet is full of advice columns that provide good legal and life tips for preparing for your divorce. Many of the ideas tend to repeat each other, or be limited to strictly legal advice. Here are some practical real world things you can do to prepare yourself for a divorce. Protect Personal Items… Read More »
Sole Custody of a Child is Difficult to Obtain
In many cases, a parent may believe that there are grounds to argue that the other parent should have no contact with the child or children, and in severe cases, a parent may want the other’s parental rights completely terminated. Termination of Parental Rights Termination of parental rights cannot be granted in a divorce,… Read More »
The Court’s Role in Protecting Children is Broad
A judge and the courts in family law cases that involve minor children play a special role, unlike that which they play in any other type of case. The judge is not just the person who makes the ultimate decisions or decides disputed facts (assuming the parties don’t settle), but the courts also play… Read More »
Use Common Sense to Stay Safe on Motorcycles
As summer approaches, more and more people will be looking to engage in traditionally summer-related activities. One of those activities may be having fun in the open air environment of a motorcycle. Motorcycling is not just transportation, but a way of life for many people. However, those who do not respect the inherent dangers… Read More »
How to Prove That a Spouse Purposely Wasted Marital Assets
Sadly in family law cases, parties will often go to any length to conceal or hide assets, in order to try to manipulate alimony, child support, or distribution of marital assets. For some, there is an art and a science to trying to make assets or money mysteriously disappear just as a divorce becomes… Read More »
Parties Seeking More Alimony Than They First Request Must Make Proper Amendments
Unlike child support, which is determined by a formula and where need is not a factor that is considered when making decisions about who pays what, in alimony situations, need and ability to pay are the two most significant factors that a court will consider. Of course, spouses in a divorce are usually left… Read More »
Ireland Looks to Reduce Divorce Waiting Period
In Florida, we have a very liberal and relaxed standard for being allowed to divorce. There is no waiting period, and couples do not need to spend any time separated before asking for a divorce. In fact, Florida does not even recognize legal separation. However, not all states or countries allow this. Ireland Voters… Read More »
Maine Court Makes Pet Custody Determination
A while ago we wrote about states that were passing laws giving judges the power to make custody determinations when it comes to family pets. Recently, yet another court has made a custody determination as to a family pet. Court in Maine Gives Custody to Animal’s Mother This time, it is a court in… Read More »
Not Every Family Law Obligation Can be Enforced by Contempt
Few things will motivate people to pay support, or otherwise live up to their support obligations, like an order of contempt. A contempt order, as the name sounds, is a declaration that a party has acted contemptuously or in disregard of the order of a court. As an ultimate penalty for contempt, a party… Read More »
Inference Stacking is Allowed in Recent Injury Case
Pretend that you are driving on the highway. You see a man standing by a pickup truck on the side of the road. His truck has work materials in the truck bed. He is looking to the middle of the road. You look to see what it is that the man is looking at…. Read More »
