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Post on Aug. 25, 2019
Maybe you and your spouse have decided to divorce, but you are not in high conflict and the situation is amicable. The split was not because of betrayal or bad behavior — you just grew apart.You both feel you can agree on most things involving your children, child support and alimony, and division...
Post on Aug. 14, 2019
In a Florida divorce, a major, relevant factor considered in setting alimony or child support awards is income earned by either party. When we think about what income is, of course, wages and salaries come to mind first. But Florida law allows the courts to consider other sources of money in some...
Post on Aug. 11, 2019
A gift during marriage from one spouse to the other probably makes the recipient feel like the gift is their own property. It may surprise you to learn that in Florida statute, interspousal gifts during marriage are marital property subject to equitable property division in divorce.This rule can...
Post on Jul. 28, 2019
In a divorce in which the spouses have a child with special needs related to physical or mental impairments, the divorce decree may provide for child support for that child into adulthood, if appropriateLegal adulthood and exception for disabled personFlorida law provides that when a person reaches...
Post on Jul. 24, 2019
Why can I only recover two years of retroactive child support?There are circumstances when parents live apart, with one of them caring completely or primarily for the child or children, such as before seeking a determination of paternity or after separating during a marriage. In this situation, the...
Post on Jul. 18, 2019
In part 1 of this post, we talked about college and professional degrees that spouses earned during marriage and how Florida courts handle those degrees in divorce. As we described, our courts have said that a degree is not an asset to divide in divorce like real estate, personal property or a bank...
Post on Jul. 14, 2019
Two issues can arise in a divorce related to a spouse’s college or graduate school education. First, is a degree earned during the marriage an asset to divide or is it relevant in settling the terms of a divorce? Second, who gets the student loan debt in the divorce?The degreeFlorida courts have...
Post on Jul. 03, 2019
Unfortunately, sometimes the fireworks of conflict never go away between some divorced parties. Sometimes, changed circumstances evolve after divorce that make an alimony arrangement inequitable. When and how might a person who pays alimony to a former spouse be able to get the payments reduced?...
Post on Jun. 30, 2019
International travel, the Internet, educational opportunities, immigration and global commerce make our modern world more and more culturally interconnected. As a result, relationships and marriages between people from different countries are common nowadays. Florida is known for its multicultural...
Post on Jun. 23, 2019
The concept of “innocent spouse” status People who are married usually file joint federal tax returns and of course, the IRS could audit anyone’s return looking for mistakes or fraud. The problem is that in many marriages, one spouse tends to take care of financial matters like tax reporting. It is...
