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Ending a marriage is stressful enough, but the anxiety only grows when you must also figure out how to maintain your children's high standard of living, especially when it involves private school tuition, specialized care and tutors. While these may not technically be...
Child support provides financial stability for children whose parents are separated or divorced. However, sometimes parents face financial strain that impacts their child support obligations. What happens when unemployment strikes? How do Florida courts address child...
Setting up two households and figuring out logistics for the children’s lives going forward after divorce is top of mind for parents ending their marriage. Of course, the child-support award is crucially important to the well-being of the kids. But also key to a...
In part 1 of this post, we started a discussion of the complex child support issues that arise in Florida when an obligor-parent has other children not covered by the order. We explained that when a judge is considering child support such as in a Florida divorce...
Well, that is a rough take on an old nursery rhyme. What we mean to ask is how is child support determined if there are children outside the marriage? Broadly and with narrow exception, Florida law seems to favor older children when it comes to setting or modifying...
The relationship between a child and their stepparent can be as important and meaningful as that of a child and their biological parent. Blended family structures are common nowadays, and stepmothers and stepfathers often play crucial roles in stabilizing blended...
It has been such a tumultuous stretch of time in our country between the pandemic, social upheaval and economic challenges. If you are subject to a court order to pay child support such as after a divorce or as an unmarried parent and lost your employment or had to...
In general, traditional gifts to children do not count towards child support obligations. But it is not that simple, as people can construe what a “gift” is or its purpose in numerous ways. And because it is not that simple, Florida courts have had to examine in...
It is not unusual for parents of a married adult to give money to the son or daughter or the couple to help with expenses or for a specific purpose like a down payment on a home or a vacation. A grandparent, other relative or friend might do the same. But when a...
Are you a Floridian haunted by potential outcomes in your divorce if arrangements in the decree are in accord with historical family roles based on gender? Some of those frightful stereotypes include: Mothers should have custody because they are better at nurturing...