If you have an established child support order but aren’t receiving the payments your child deserves, that’s a violation of the order. The Florida Department of Revenue offers several ways of paying this support as well as seeking support payments that are not being...

When Florida judges create or approve time-sharing schedules for families in a divorce, they must make the best interests of the children their top priority. Because modern family courts understand how children benefit from frequent contact with both parents, they...

When you're in your 20s, you're still in a relatively early stage of your life. You have your whole life ahead of you, and you should be feeling optimistic about what the future holds. However, if you are in a position where you believe that your marriage cannot be...

If you’re the one moving out of the family home in your divorce but you’re sharing custody of the kids, one of your first challenges may be making your new home child-friendly. Even if you don’t have primary custody of the kids, you want them to feel comfortable when...

Research keeps pointing to the same conclusion: Children do better when their divorced parents have shared physical custody. A recent study from Stockholm University also found that living full time with one parent is more stressful for a child than sharing time with...

Child support can be a hotly contested part of a divorce, and many people are uncertain or confused about how child support awards are determined -- particularly when the parents have joint physical custody of the child. Most states are subject to the Child Support...

For divorcing couples with children, the amount of child support is often the most contentious issue after the custody arrangements for those children. Neither spouse is likely to feel satisfied with the child support order, as people paying often feel they pay too...

Have you ever dreamed of picking up your kids, putting your things in the car and driving as far away as possible from your spouse to start a new life, just you and your children? It may be your dream, but it is probably not the kids’. Children thrive on spending time...

As part of your divorce procedure, you will have to present a parenting plan. Florida law requires you to plan how the children will spend time with each of you as well as how the finances are going to work for things such as child support. The plan also needs to...