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When you add divorce to your social media, your divorce can quickly become even more complicated. Many social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, or X are an important part of our lives sharing life updates, family milestones and daily events. However, an active social media presence during your divorce can...
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There is an inherent contradiction when making decisions about time sharing and child support. On the one hand, there needs to be stability—settlements and judgments need to be relied upon, and the parties (the parents) need to know what their rights, duties, and obligations will be going forward. Stability also...
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It is, sadly, common for divorced spouses or parents to argue and fight. But what is not normal is violence or abuse. Sadly, the tempers, emotion, and frustration of a broken family situation or a full divorce often end in one party threatening or actually hurting the other–or even a...
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Many of us, when facing divorce, give a lot of thought to what will happen in the divorce, and understandably so. But we rarely give thought to what will happen once the divorce is over and finalized—in other words, how we will mentally and emotionally move on with our lives...
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When facing a divorce, many people are unaware of the out-of-court options available to them. The options for settling your divorce out-of-court are an uncontested divorce, Mediation or Collaborative Divorce. It is important to know that these divorce alternatives will save you time, money, and emotional stress. Let’s explore the...
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We have all heard people facing divorce lament that they will “lose all their stuff” in the divorce, whether that is actually true or not. For many people, the uncertainty of what could happen to their assets and property or money in a divorce is a deterrent to even getting...
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To understand the complexities of child custody, and what courts look at when considering custody, it is important first to know what child custody actually is. While we often use “custody” to mean everything, in reality, it has a specific meaning. What is Custody? Custody over a child generally means...
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During the turmoil of separating and divorcing your spouse, emotions can run high, often clouding judgment and leading to reactionary decisions. These emotional reactions can come at a significant financial cost, particularly in a litigated divorce. When you allow your emotions to takeover, you may find yourself embroiled in costly...
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One of the first things that people say when they are going into a divorce is, “I'm going to lose everything,” or, “They will get half of everything I own.” While the division of property is an essential part of a divorce, in Florida, it is not that simple—in fact,...
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When couples get divorced, one of the things that they often do is start putting blame on each other. While pointing the finger and ascribing fault to people in a divorce can have some applicability in certain areas of a divorce, it has really no applicability in one area of...