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A stepparent adoption allows someone who already has a positive relationship with a minor child to become a legal parent to that child, with all the rights and responsibilities that commitment entails. Under Florida law, stepparents do have the right to adopt their...
How you divide your personal property will be one of the main considerations in your upcoming Florida divorce. If you have a marital agreement with your spouse, that document might tell you exactly how to split up your biggest assets. However, many couples don't sign...
Here is a little-known secret about family courts. They want you to succeed in fulfilling your child support obligations, and they strive to assist parents as much as possible. When you've hit a bad financial stretch and you're unable to make your support payments,...
If you are going through a divorce, one of the things that you need to be cautious about is not reporting all of your assets. If you fail to disclose all of your assets and they’re later discovered, your spouse could accuse you of hiding assets. The last thing you...
When divorce occurs, one of the top concerns that spouses have is how to divide the financial debts and obligations during the marriage, such as car payments, medical bills, the mortgage and credit card balances. The division of assets and debts in a divorce varies by...
The seven-year itch is the idea that couples tend to start thinking about divorce after roughly seven years of marriage. It’s not a perfect science, but it just shows that marriages may start off great and then slowly decline. As happiness fades, people start thinking...
As divorcing parents, you will never be entirely free of each other. You still need to work together to raise your children. Co-parenting after divorce may seem a daunting prospect, especially if your divorce is conflictive. Yet, there are ways to make it easier....
It's true that one of the most difficult parts of ending your Florida marriage is dealing with the emotional trauma that comes along with it. However, as you go through the divorce process, you'll have to accumulate a list of all of your marital assets so that they...
Now that you decided to get a divorce, you’ve been questioning if you should move out of your home. You have the financial ability to move and know that your spouse likes your home more than you do. Is that a mistake, though? It can be a bad idea to move out of your...
When Florida couples are awarded joint custody of their children, it can be a big sigh of relief for both parents. However, when it comes to working out the logistics of the joint custody agreement, it's going to take some work. While each family and their...
