A Florida mother's protracted divorce was so severe that now she and her three children are living with this individual's parents in a northern state. Apparently, she left the state of Florida with virtually no finances, and her children do not have the clothing to...
Year: 2012
Year: 2012
Social media requires extra thought amidst family law disputes
Think before you act. It has been an adage for a long time, but like everything else it should be updated to fit the times. In this day-and-age it seems as though "Think before you post" is a more appropriate saying -- especially when it comes to family law issues...
Father of 9 owes $100,000 child support arrears
It's disturbing how certain parents simply choose not to provide for their children. One out-of-state father with nine children is in arrear close to $100,000 in back child support payments. With the father of the nine children being hauled into court, a judge...
Child custody and immigration status of the parent
One parent lives in the United States and one parent resides in another country. Who gets custody of the children? This is a circumstance that is often dealt with in Florida child custody matters. And in some cases, one of the parent is deported for whatever reason,...
Women, divorce and health insurance
It is estimated that as many as 115,000 women nationwide are deprived of health insurance coverage after a divorce has taken place. And sometimes, it may take more than two years before the coverage is resumed. Of the approximately million divorces that take place...
Parents, foster parents and visitation
We recently addressed the recent innovations a specific Florida court has implemented regarding children removed from the home. In fact, Florida is just one of a number of states are instituting programs allowing for biological parents that have lost custody of their...
Child support payments and parent resentment
Will forcing a parent to pay child support obligations then cause resentment towards the children? This is a question that was brought up in a newspaper column by a mother after having various discussions with her former husband. Sadly, parents will often use the...
Child custody and in vitro fertilization
We wrote recently about the child custody dispute in Florida involving two women that delivered twins through the in vitro fertilization process. Though we can expect these kinds of disputes to continue to arise throughout the country, it's easy to lose sight of the...
Florida court experiment in child visitation matters
The circumstances of parents separated from their children for whatever reason almost always becomes riddled with complications. Though children are often removed from their parents for concerns about the child's welfare, such separation is almost always traumatic for...
Increase of adoption of children in Florida
In a one year period, more than 3,250 foster children were formally adopted in the state of Florida. This was an eight percent increase over the previous year, and it resulted in a large number of special needs children being brought into families. The increase in the...