Tag Archives: Tampa Family Law Attorneys
Timesharing Rights for Unmarried Fathers
Enjoying the rewards of parenting a child is an experience many people welcome, and the law grants parents’ rights over their children so they can provide necessary care and guidance. For married couples, the question of who is the legal parent of a child is easy. The law automatically recognizes the husband and wife… Read More »
Knowing When to Request a Modification in Child Support
One of the long-term repercussions of divorce is the financial adjustment most people have to make as income goes from two earners down to one. This shift can be particularly difficult if children are involved, but most parents understand and accept the need to provide support until their child becomes an adult. Courts set… Read More »
When Non-Parents Receive Custody of a Child
When couples divorce, the normal order of things has the parents sharing or taking sole custody of a child. Divorce laws are set up with this arrangement in mind, and public policy is firmly in favor of allowing parents to raise their children over someone else. In fact, this preference to give parents as… Read More »
When Divorce Isn’t Enough – Annulling a Marriage
When someone contemplates ending a marriage, the option most people naturally choose is divorce. Divorce is a well-known and relatively easy method of dissolving a marriage, but it is not the sole legal procedure able to break a union. Annulment, while a more complicated process, may be a better choice for some parties. In… Read More »
Alimony Awards: When Is It Awarded, and When Do the Payments Start?
Figuring out how to start over and reorient one’s life after divorce is one of the most difficult transitions a person will ever make. The end of a marriage is not an easy thing to contemplate, and financial worries are often at the forefront of concerns divorcing individuals need to address. This is especially… Read More »
How Do You Get a Quick Divorce in Florida?
Making the decision to end a marriage with divorce is one of the hardest choices a person will make in his/her lifetime. For many, the worry is others will see their divorce as an indication they made the wrong choice or did not work hard enough to keep the marriage together. Obviously, no relationship… Read More »
Alimony Reform Bill Vetoed – Where Does that Leave Divorcing Couples?
There are typically two issues in divorce that raise the largest amount of emotion and contention – child custody and alimony. Each parent commonly views themselves as the better choice to care for a child and bristles at requests for alimony because it requires continued support of a spouse they no longer want in… Read More »
Ramifications of Failing to Pay Child Support
The Florida Department of Revenue is the government entity that runs the state’s Child Support Enforcement Program. The Department of Revenue provides services for nearly 1 million children and collects over $1 billion each year in child support. This post is meant to inform both the custodial parent and the noncustodial parent of what… Read More »
Restraining Orders in Florida
According to the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, nearly one in four women is a victim of domestic violence. Sadly, men can be victims of domestic violence too. Over 113,000 instances of domestic violence were reported to Florida’s law enforcement agencies in 2010. In 2014, over 4,800 arrests were made in Hillsborough County for… Read More »
