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Divorce in Florida: How Much Does it Cost? (You May Be Surprised)
If you are on the brink of a divorce or are about to file a divorce petition, the thought “Okay, how much does a divorce cost in Florida?” has probably crossed your mind once or twice. In a nutshell, a divorce is rather pricey, especially in Fort Lauderdale and other cities in Florida. We brought...
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Creative Ways Parents Use Child Support Payments Each Year
Those of us who are “seasoned” have vivid memories of sitting quietly at tainted wooden desks in some backwoods classroom, armed with three methods of getting an education – teacher, chalkboard, and a textbook. We read about foreign lands in our geography books; we were called upon to do tricky mathematical equations on the board....
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Linking Child Support To Visitation May Fix Broken System
In American culture, kids’ level of exposure to noncustodial parents remains isolated from one’s responsibility to financially support children. This alone suggests that the principal role of the noncustodial parent is monetarily focused. Activists cite the lack of legislative intention to advance the personal relationship between the child and the non-resident parent (typically fathers), drawing...
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Child Custody Study Proves Kids Thrive With Equal Parenting
A 2017 study involving 3,656 children revealed girls and boys between 3-5 years of age show greater psychological stability when both parents share parenting time equally as opposed to having more time with one parent. Uppsala Universitet, who conducted this study in Swedish children, further concluded that behavior issues decreased significantly when both parents remained...
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Fair Property Division May Promote Peaceful Divorces
So, your ‘happily ever after turned out to be another disappointment. You’ve decided leaving would improve your chances to regain sanity, and put your children in better positions to succeed. However, your spouse simply doesn’t want to be left without something to start over with. In your mind, it’s hurt them where it hurts most...
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Are Florida Child Support Enforcement Tactics Ethical?
Although Florida’s Department of Revenue employs numerous individuals in their Child Support Program department, most employees would agree that enforcing orders is borderline childish. Once two people bring life into this world, they’re both responsible for this child’s financial needs. Therefore, following parents around and smacking their hands when they fail to support their children...
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Making a Post-Divorce House Move Easier for Your Kids
As a parent, divorce is a scary prospect for all manner of reasons. Aside from the emotional upheaval involved in separating from the person you thought you’d love and cherish for the rest of your lives, you’re bound to worry about your children’s wellbeing, how they will adjust to mom and dad living in different...
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Using Incompetence to Delay Divorce Proceedings
If you’ve been keeping up-to-date with Florida news over the past few months, you will more than likely be familiar with the alleged delaying tactics employed by former Clerk of Courts Brenda Forman in her ongoing divorce proceedings. Mrs. Forman had claimed that her estranged husband, also a former Clerk of Courts, was incompetent, and...
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Divorce Could Get Trickier Under New Tax Law
Think divorce laws are confusing now? Under President Trump’s brainchild reform, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, your Fort Lauderdale divorce attorney will work doubly harder for you. Not because you’ll suddenly accumulate more assets to divide, but alimony tax gets an unwelcome facelift. Currently, alimony paid can be deducted from taxes, but recipients pay...
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What Professional Athletes Teach Us About Child Support
If you follow sports religiously, you’ll notice many professional athletes receive multimillion-dollar deals. The organizations most commonly brought up in major contract announcements include the NFL, NBA, and MLB. The great thing about being a single professional sports athlete is the amount of attention received from the opposite sex. One thing leads to another, and...
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