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What Happens If a Parent Does Not Pay Child Support?
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Category: Child Support

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Child support orders can come out of a dramatic, awkward, and emotional situations. In extreme cases, noncustodial parents (the parent not living with the child) cannot or will not make the child support payments a judge has ordered.
 
This can be extremely frustrating, not to mention putting undue financial burdens on your family. There are ways, however, to get compensated for lost child support payments, and penalties to those… Read More [+]


How Does Child Custody Work for Unmarried Parents?
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With divorce, unmarried parents, and multiple marriages on the rise, the typical nuclear family is becoming less and less common in America. But sometimes it seems as though our legal system has not caught up with the times.
 
If you are not married to your children’s other parent and you separate, you may feel like you have limited options when it comes to your children. Dealing with visitation, child… Read More [+]


What Governor Scott’s Veto of Family Law Reforms Means
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Category: Family Law

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For years, lawmakers and other interest groups have been trying to make big changes to certain areas of family law in our state. Recently, their efforts were rebuffed yet again.
 
Back in April, Governor Scott vetoed a controversial bill that was set to change how alimony and child custody and visitation are handled throughout Florida. This is not the first bill on alimony and childcare reform that Governor Scott… Read More [+]


9 Things to Do Before Filing for Divorce
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Category: Divorce

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Divorce can be a complicated, awkward, and emotionally draining process. How do you decide who gets what? What if your spouse puts up a fight? If you have kids, where do they fit into the proceedings?
 
You do not want to be hanging in divorce limbo for a long time – the sooner you can settle your divorce, the sooner you can get back to living your life. The… Read More [+]


FAQs about Family Law in Florida
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Most people don’t really know exactly what the term “family law” means. Some may believe that a family lawyer simply means an attorney hired by regular people to handle their legal matters – whatever those may be.
 
But this is a specific area of the law that deals with family and domestic issues. What does that mean? Well, the one that most people gravitate towards first is divorce.… Read More [+]