Divorce is a major life-changer and difficult challenge to face reality, both emotionally and practically. One of which spouse may find herself or himself in a different financial situation than the other. For this reason, alimony may be considered to award to the less financially equipped spouse to level the playing field and give justice…
In a family court of law, the judge may award sole or joint custody and sole or joint physical custody of a child. Visitation, or parenting time, may be equal or given primarily to one parent. Losing custody of a child means losing both joint legal and/or physical custody and visitation may become limited or…
When a married couple undergoes a divorce, certain matters need to be thoroughly discussed to make the process beneficial for both parties and most especially for any children involved. Try to remember the choices you and your ex make now will affect your child’s development and your relationship with the child for years and years.…
Deciding to change child support in Fort Myers? The court in Florida always favors the stable living arrangement of a child. As much as a possible modification of child support is not supported unless there is a major change in circumstances that will give the child the best interest for the modification considering the following reasons and answers the question how…
The parents have the legal obligation to provide child support in Fort Myers, Florida even if the parents are divorced because the well-being of the child is their utmost obligation. Need Help Getting Child Support? Florida’s child support laws can be complex. If you are not receiving child support payments that are owed to you or have other issues related…
The legal processes on child custody and visitation should always have the pertinent court’s directive. This directive bestows a privilege to a parent to have the legal authority to have the actual care and guardianship of the child. On the other hand, the privilege of visitation should not also be curtailed unless otherwise, such an…
Protecting the child’s best interest always comes first in Florida courts. And while this is a good thing, the system unfortunately still has some limitations. All too often, parents are assigned child support demands that they simply cannot meet. Being unable to make your child support payments is overwhelming, and can impact your whole life and well-being. But there…
The dissolution of marriage most likely results in the dispute of the married couple as to who among the spouses has the legal custody rights over the children. This process is tedious due to the reason that the happy marriage that was enjoyed years before would now be severed. The child custody case is being…
With regards to the substantial filing of a divorce case in Florida, legal custody to the affected children is the resulting issue. When the couple decided to divorce, the custody of the children will now be put to interpretation that only the court may determine for the welfare or best interest of the children. There are two (2) kinds of legal…
Co-parenting is a process where the father and the mother of a child/children agree to work together for a common goal, that is, to raise the child. Though their marriage is already severed-example they have already divorced and do not live together anymore, they can still enter into an agreement for co-parenting and this is basically the sharing…