Category: Family & Divorce Law

When Should a Court Impute Income to an Unemployed Spouse?

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http://www.familylawfirmflorida.com/Florida_Divorce/2014/Jun... When Should a Court Impute Income to an Unemployed Spouse? Imputation of income to a spouse is very fact intensive. When a court decides to impute income to a spouse, they do so on a case by case basis. Your case might be very different from another case that is in front of the judge. A recent case in the Fourth District recently dealt with this issue. In Adelberg v.... [...]

What will the Court do if my Child has Special Needs?

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http://www.familylawfirmflorida.com/Florida_Divorce/2014/Jul... What will the Court do if my Child has Special Needs? In general, trial court are given the specific task of determining what ultimately is in the child's best interests. This definitely includes taking any special needs into consideration. Judges have great leeway in determining what, they think, is in the child's best interests after hearing all evidence regarding the... [...]

How Your Ex-Spouse Could Inherit Most of Your Money

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https://gma.yahoo.com/ex-spouse-could-inherit-most-money-085... How Your Ex-Spouse Could Inherit Most of Your Money  If you have a will — and you should have one — you may have executed it after years of putting it off. You’ve paid your attorney a lot of money and given serious consideration to make the right choices and ensure that the will is air-tight. Finally your will is finished, and you can sleep soundly knowing that your... [...]

Splitting Student Loan Debt

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http://www.familylawfirmflorida.com/Florida_Divorce/2014/Jun... Splitting Student Loan Debt There seems to be an "urban legend" in Florida divorce law that student loan debt is treated differently than other forms of marital debt. The rationale that is often used is that the spouse who did not incur the debt and who did not receive the education, did not benefit from the other spouse's degree or education. However, this is not the... [...]

Alimony in Florida

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http://remsenlaw.blogspot.com/2011/04/alimony-in-florida_686... Alimony in Florida Alimony (also commonly referred to as “spousal support”) is a major source of contention among divorcing spouses. While one spouse is threatening to take the other spouse for “everything he’s got,” the other spouse can usually be found promising that the first spouse will “never see a dime in alimony.” More often than not, those who are... [...]