January, 2010 Blog Posts
Posted on Jan 29, 2010 By Stann Givens
Florida law requires that there be language in the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage to comply with the requirements of the military law to divide a military pension. If a spouse has been ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2010
There are several options with regard to collecting past due child support. The first decision is whether you want to retain private counsel to assist you in collecting past due child support or start ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2010
All too often one or both parties in a divorce action have criminal backgrounds or have open criminal cases. These criminal cases can often play a significant role in divorce proceedings. They can ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2010 By Robert Sparks
Going through the divorce process can be one of the most stressful events in a person’s life. Often times, when one spouse is served with a divorce action and reviews their spouse’s petition for ...
Continue reading "How Should I Respond to the Allegations in My Spouse's Petition for Dissolution of Marriage" »
Posted on Jan 25, 2010 By Stann Givens
For many years, the law in Florida was that you were entitled to a “special equity” in your previous non-marital property in a divorce even though you placed the property in joint names with your ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2010
So your divorce is final. Now what? Do you celebrate? Go on a vacation? Jump into dating? Hit the gym 7 days a week? How about registering at Saks or Neiman Marcus for your post-decree reception ...
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Posted on Jan 22, 2010 By Robert Sparks
One of the biggest fears a parent faces when going through a Florida divorce can be the unknown issue of child custody . These fears however, can be alleviated by addressing the best interests of the ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2010 By Tim Colgan
Many people want to know if they can hire one attorney to represent them both in a divorce action. On the surface, it may seem as though there would be no problem with this in situations where the ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2010 By Cliff Eisenhut, Attorney at Law
Our clients are grappling with some of the most difficult and emotionally charged issues that they will have to confront in their lives. For this reason, my colleagues at Claery & Green and I are ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2010
When a party files a dissolution of marriage action, often times they will reach an agreement concerning the allocation of the parties’ property, including their assets and debts. This is known as a ...
Continue reading "The Effect of Reconciliation on Separation Agreements" »
Posted on Jan 20, 2010 By Stann Givens
When your former marital home sells as a result of a Florida divorce , you may be entitled to a credit or setoff if the circumstances are right. If you have a prenuptial agreement or a postmarital ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2010
In most domestic relations cases, either one or both parties request their attorney’s fees and costs be paid by the other party, and in these uncertain economic times, this trend is even more ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2010 By Orner Law Firm
The Boca Raton divorce attorneys at the Orner Law Firm have joined FindaFamilyLawAttorney.com. Click here to view our profile on the directory. At the Orner Law Firm, our goal is to help you resolve ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2010 By Robert Sparks
When going through a Florida divorce including minor children, parents are faced with three primary issues. These include designating the parental responsibility rights of the parents, designing a ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2010
Several weeks ago, I attended a two-day training seminar about Collaborative Divorce. I didn’t know much about it except what I had heard outside the legal world. I remembered hearing the term in the ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2010 By Lance Claery
Many fathers contact our attorneys to ask what rights they have to visit their child (or children) if they were never married to the mother and there are no orders in place. The answer is that they ...
Continue reading "Fathers' Custody And Visitation Rights - The Need to Establish Paternity" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2010 By Joseph Land, Attorney at Law
Aggressive and zealous advocacy is important to me because it gives my clients a voice when they may otherwise not have one. By being an aggressive and zealous advocate I can make sure that my client ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2010 By New Jersey Worker's Compensation Attorney
My Law Office is pleased to announce the launch of our Worker's Compensation blog with an RSS feed available at http://www.newjersey-workerscomp.com/Personal-Injury-Blog/Recent-Blog-Posts/RSS.xml
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Posted on Jan 15, 2010 By Stann Givens
Sometimes in a marriage, one spouse will incur a debt by forging the signature of the other spouse in order to obtain a credit card, sign a contract or to write a check. The discovery that a spouse ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2010
One of the most common misconceptions about child support and parenting time is that, if either is denied to a parent, this gives the other parent leeway to deny the other. For example, Mom does not ...
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