When the Florida courts initially order child support, they look carefully at your household circumstances and your financial situation. Everything from your income to the custody sharing arrangements you have with your ex will influence your child support order. The...
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Keeping your teen away from alcohol this holiday season
There are a lot of social gatherings during the winter holidays – and you’ll almost invariably find alcohol around. Even if you try to maintain a “dry” household yourself, there’s no guarantee that the spirits won’t be freely flowing when you visit friends or...
What impact does adultery have on a military divorce?
Marriages end for numerous reasons. Sometimes a couple grows apart as they change. That is a frequent issue in military marriages where they may go months without seeing each other. A couple can also decide to end their marriage over financial issues or family...
Is your spouse dissipating assets?
One of the key tenants of any divorce is splitting up the assets that the couple owns. Spouses are supposed to provide the court with documentation of everything that they own so that it can be divided. However, people are often not happy with this idea and do not...
The extra step unmarried dads must take to share custody
Being a father is a full-time job that no one pays you to do or thanks you for performing. You do it because you love your child and you understand that you have a legal responsibility to them. Showing up for your kid can be more difficult when you don't have a legal...
With joint custody, can you travel out of state with your child?
Vacations or out-of-state travel with a child under joint custody can become somewhat tricky for the co-parents. After a divorce, it may not be so straightforward just to pick the kids and travel wherever you wish. While Florida laws do not deny a parent permission to...
If you think your teen doesn’t drink, think again
Parents often believe that their teens never drink. They’ve “had the talk” and their teen assured them that they had no desire to drink alcohol. They may even go to social gatherings where alcohol was being used, but they will always tell their parents that it’s other...
How do you cope with the holidays as a newly single person?
The season of family togetherness is here once again, but what do you do if your family unit has recently been broken? Whether you’re still going through your divorce or it’s the first holiday season since your split was final, it can be tough to cope. It’s a...
How will time-sharing work over the holidays after divorce?
When you divorce while you still have children at home, you and your ex have to figure out how to share parenting time. Time-sharing is the legal term in Florida for shared custody arrangements. Typically, time-sharing requires that parents share responsibility for...
Preventing your child from accessing alcohol at home
If you have a child and want to make sure that they will not be caught in possession of alcohol while underage, something you can do is take steps to educate them and to limit access to alcohol that you keep at home. Many times, teens and young adults under the age of...