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Post on Nov. 11, 2019
“I can tell the judge HATES me.”It can be disconcerting for a spouse in a divorce trial to get the impression that the judge dislikes them. Even worse, the judge could express outright disdain or anger at the spouse. If a party to a divorce proceeding feels the judge’s bias against them could...
Post on Oct. 30, 2019
Yesterday, we introduced the issue of whether and how a Florida judge in a divorce should classify and divide passive appreciation on nonmarital real estate that secured a mortgage paid down with marital funds. As we said, the Florida Supreme Court faced this issue in Kaaa v. Kaaa. Historically,...
Post on Oct. 29, 2019
When a spouse brings preowned real estate into marriage, does not add the other spouse to the title and later divorces, the nonmarital property owner may think that he or she will and should get the passive increase in market value when divorce occurs down the road.Put differently, that little...
Post on Oct. 27, 2019
If a spouse dies during a divorce proceeding, you can imagine the many legal and personal issues that can arise. To answer the above question, it is very rare in Florida to get divorced after one party has died after the divorce was filed, but before the court issues a final order that the parties...
Post on Oct. 20, 2019
Did your spouse run up large credit card bills without your knowledge? Take out a consumer loan without talking to you first? Now that divorce is on the horizon, are you afraid that you might get stuck with some of that debt, which you had nothing to do with? Should you be concerned? It depends....
Post on Oct. 13, 2019
Broadly, the term “venue” in the legal context refers to the court or courts in which a plaintiff may file a particular kind of lawsuit. Florida has a statute with three distinct bases for determining proper venue, which state courts have repeatedly interpreted in the context of a divorce...
Post on Oct. 06, 2019
In divorces where minor children are involved, child support is a key issue. Payment or receipt of child support can make a difference in the parties’ standard of living, which impacts the kind of lives the kids will have, as well.Florida law is designed to see that a child gets the level of...
Post on Sep. 15, 2019
In Florida, child support almost always ends when the supported child reaches age 18. We recently wrote about the power of a Florida court to order child support beyond age 17 for a physically or mentally disabled, dependent adult child whose disabilities began before turning 18.The court may also...
Post on Sep. 08, 2019
At our law Firm, we represent Floridians in seeking or resisting protective orders, also known as restraining orders. These are court orders called injunctions that judges use to order potentially dangerous people to take or refrain from certain actions. Restraining orders often involve allegations...
Post on Aug. 30, 2019
At the time of this writing on August 30, Hurricane Dorian is approaching South Florida and Gov. DeSantis has declared a statewide emergency. In Fort Lauderdale, people are busy preparing for potentially dangerous conditions. At the above link, the city website is providing updates and directions...
