Tag Archives: Port Saint Lucie Divorce Attorney
Overturning Premarital Agreements In Florida
Since there is a strong presumption towards enforcing spousal agreements in divorce proceedings, spousal property agreements are difficult, although not impossible, to successfully challenge. Fundamentally, challenging parties must establish that they had no meaningful choice as to whether or not to sign the document, either because the other spouse did not completely disclose all… Read More »
Classifying And Dividing Marital Property In Florida
Like most other states, Florida is an equitable division jurisdiction, so the judge must divide property equitably after a divorce. Although “equitably” is usually roughly the same thing as “equally,” the two terms are not synonymous. The idea behind an equitable distribution is that the marriage dissolution should not be a disproportionately unfair financial… Read More »
New Year, New Divorce Orders
As the season of peace on earth and goodwill towards men draws to a close and the calendar turns to 2017, many people take a few moments to reflect on the events of 2016 and make some big-picture plans for the new year. Many times, these plans include a divorce modification. But like so… Read More »
Issues In Brangelina Divorce Come Into Focus
Hollywood power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie apparently had a prenuptial agreement that divides their property, but the divorcing parents may be digging in for a child custody fight. According to multiple sources, Mr. Pitt and Ms. Jolie signed a prenuptial agreement that covered between $400 million and $500 million in property, including… Read More »
Love And Baseball And Divorce And Money
As the pennant races come into sharper focus, and the Marlins appear to be in contention for at least a wild card playoff spot, it is a good time to reflect back on the time that family law and baseball came together in Southern California. When Frank and Jamie McCourt bought the Los Angeles… Read More »
Is Mediation A Good Idea?
The average cost of a vehicle at any given Treasure Coast car dealership may be $25,000, but the individual vehicles are often priced well above that figure or well below it. In the same way, the average cost of a Lucie County divorce may be $10,000, but individual cases may cost a lot more,… Read More »
Spousal Support In The Sunshine State
In some recent presidential elections, Florida has been a battleground state that both Republicans and Democrats legitimately believed they could win. In recent years, Florida has also been a battleground state in terms of spousal support. In the last few years, alimony reformers have nearly succeeded in rewriting the spousal support laws, only to… Read More »
Changing Family Law Orders In The Sunshine State
On average, most people relocate about twelve times in their adult lifetimes; a majority of these moves occur between ages 18 and 45. Since many people in this age group also have minor children, a relocation often means that a motion to modify a marriage dissolution or child custody order is necessary. Many parents… Read More »
Does Divorce Mediation Work?
Before a session starts, 96 percent of divorce mediation participants believe that the process will be completely fruitless. They reason that if negotiation alone could solve their problems, they would not have gone to court in the first place. However, once the session is over, over 70 percent of these participants have resolved most… Read More »
Did Less Restrictive Marriage Dissolution Laws End Saturday Morning Cartoons?
With a comic book-themed movie in theaters this spring, and more on the way this summer, some people are wondering what happened to the Saturday morning cartoon versions of these costumed superheroes. There is one school of thought that no-fault divorce laws may have closed the Hall of Justice, thus accomplishing the goal that… Read More »
