What happens if your spouse is hiding assets from you in your Florida divorce? Unfortunately, not everyone behaves honestly when faced with dividing marital property in a divorce. Soon-to-be exes may try to conceal assets to keep for themselves. Or, they might even...
Year: 2020
Ex-spouse remind you of Ebenezer Scrooge? Remedies for past-due alimony, part 2
Today we are revisiting the situation in which a paying ex-spouse is delinquent on their alimony payments. If you face this as a spousal support recipient, Florida law gives state courts flexibility to craft a variety of remedies. Injunction to preserve assets Florida...
Scrooge isn’t the only cheapskate: Collecting alimony arrearages in Florida, part 1
Is your ex behind on their spousal support payments to you? Do you rely on that alimony to pay expenses or bills? Does the money help to maintain the home you provide for your children? Whatever your ex-spouse’s reasons, Florida law provides ways for you to request...
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
What to do in Florida if you’re being ignored as a co-parent If you are the divorced or unmarried parent of a minor child, there is a high chance that you share with the other parent the responsibility to make important life decisions for your child together. Despite...
Johnny saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Can your minor children be called to testify in Florida divorce proceedings? It is unsettling and maybe even frightening to think of putting your minor child on the stand in open court in your divorce or custody proceeding. The issues about which your child might have...
COVID-19 and other vaccinations
Can a Florida judge force you to have your child vaccinated? What happens when parents disagree? At the time of this writing in December 2020, we are at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans await the approval of vaccines that could protect us, but when they...
Part 2: In Florida divorce, how do you prove genuine need for alimony?
In part 1, we introduced Florida alimony and the development of evidence to support a support award, including the role of marital misconduct. Today, we will focus on relevant factors that would support (or not support) a court order for alimony. Make a budget The...
Part 1: How do you show actual need for alimony in a Florida divorce?
Alimony, also known as spousal support, is the payment of money from one ex-spouse to the other after divorce. For a person seeking support from their former spouse, specific kinds of evidence will strengthen their case that alimony would be appropriate under Florida...
Florida child support: It’s more than the guideline formula, part 2
In part 1 of this post, we explained the basics of the Florida child support guidelines – what they are and how they work to set the minimum amount of child support parents need to provide. As we said, the scheduled child support amount is just the beginning. The...
Calculating Florida child support: There’s more than just punching in numbers, part 1
Florida has child support guidelines contained in numerical tables using the combined net income of the parents and the number of children they have. It sounds like you could punch in the numbers and it would spit out the amount of support the children need. Of...
The Law Office of Forrest & Forrest, PLLC represents individuals in Fort Lauderdale in high-asset divorce matters. Daniel Forrest is board-certified family lawyer and mediator serving the South Florida area.
