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How can couples split their debts during divorce?
Married couples usually share their income and their assets. They live together and provide day-to-day support for one another. They may also take on debt jointly. Many married couples open joint credit card accounts and share responsibility for their mortgages. If they decide to divorce, they have to find ways to split up not just...
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How can expert opinions affect child custody in Florida?
Child custody is often the most contentious and stressful part of divorce. Parents must deal with complex emotions and legal requirements to determine the best arrangements for their children. In many cases, disagreements over a child’s upbringing or living situation can lead to further conflict. Expert opinions often play a vital role here. Professionals...
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The challenge of dividing retirement accounts in divorce
When you and your spouse decide to divorce, dividing your retirement savings and benefits is often a significant challenge. Making smart decisions about this can affect your financial future. What do you need to know to handle this challenging process? How do Florida courts divide property? In Florida, the law uses equitable distribution to split...
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3 times the courts may limit one parent’s time-sharing rights
Time-sharing involves parents dividing time with their children when they divorce or separate. It is standard procedure in most Florida family law scenarios to give both parents a liberal amount of time-sharing and a degree of shared decision-making authority. Judges want to make decisions that are in the best interests of the children in the...
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What should homemakers and stay-at-home parents know about divorce?
Deciding to leave the workforce to be a stay-at-home parent or homemaker is a significant life choice, often driven by a desire to provide direct care and nurture for one’s family. However, if the path leads to divorce, this decision can leave you with serious concerns. How will you support yourself and your family? After...
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When can a child have a say in a custody decision?
During a divorce or separation, figuring out who the child will live with can be tough. In Florida, the main goal of the court is to do what is best for the child. As kids grow up, they start to have their own opinions and choices. This makes many parents wonder whether their child can...
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What happens to one’s marital home during divorce?
There are many different things to consider when you’re going through a divorce. For example, how will your property be divided? If you own a home, that might be one of the biggest assets that you have to manage in a property division scenario. Because of your emotional ties to your home, it might be...
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3 questions to answer before suggesting a sleep divorce
Small issues can snowball into major complaints during a long-term marriage. For example, sleep disruption may seem insignificant initially. However, after years of living together and sharing a bedroom, a few small disruptions each night can add up to chronic fatigue. The spouse suffering from compromised sleep may grow to resent the other spouse. The...
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Why many divorcing spouses in Florida opt to attend mediation
Thousands of married couples in Florida divorce every year. Some of them have a very simple process because they already established a marital agreement, such as a prenuptial agreement, setting the terms for a divorce. Others may find that they have major disagreements about what should happen with marital property, financial support or custody matters...
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How can you communicate effectively with your co-parent?
Effective communication is often the backbone of successful co-parenting. It enables parents to work together to support their children’s well-being after a separation or divorce. Navigating co-parenting requires a careful balance of respect, clarity and focus. The primary goal is always the health and happiness of the children involved. By adhering to a few...
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3 kinds of decisions that can cause conflict when sharing custody
People from very different backgrounds can fall in love and start families together. They may then have unique challenges to overcome when raising children together. If the relationship eventually ends, parents have to divide their parental rights and responsibilities. Parents generally needs to find a way to split both parenting time and parental responsibility or...
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How virtual visitation can help to bridge a geographical gap
Staying connected with your children can be challenging, especially when you’re separated by geographical distances. Thankfully, the advent of virtual visitation has emerged as a transformative resource, revolutionizing how many parents maintain relationships with their children. Virtual visitation refers to the use of technology, such as video calls, to facilitate...
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How can you and your spouse find unity amid divorce negotiations?
When you married, you and your spouse had common goals. Whatever drove you apart, the odds are high that your goals no longer converge. What’s the problem? Well, if you want to have an uncontested divorce, you and your spouse have to find some sense of unity. What’s an uncontested divorce? An uncontested divorce is...
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Why is gray divorce becoming more common?
When people who are over 50 get divorced, it is often referred to as gray divorce. This is simply shorthand for divorce involving members of a specific age group, generally including those between 50 and 70. Interestingly, this age group has generated some attention lately because its divorce rate is going up. This is not...
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Can a sleep divorce help people avoid a litigated divorce?
In recent months, the mainstream media has started reporting on a surprising trend in modern marriages. Researchers estimate that as many as one in three married couples may have chosen to implement a sleep divorce. Unlike a legal divorce, which actually ends a marriage, a sleep divorce simply involves couples maintaining separate bedrooms to facilitate...
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How do the Florida family courts divide marital property?
Those in struggling marriages who start thinking about divorce often have a lot of questions about the process. Most people have heard stories about divorce turning ugly that involve highly-skewed outcomes and financial hardship. Concern about the monetary impact of divorce is a frequently cited reason for people to stay in unhappy marriages. In reality,...
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How to tell your kids about your impending divorce
Divorce can be an emotionally challenging experience. It is uniquely challenging when kids are involved. If you are a parent and divorce is imminent, it’s important to approach this sensitive conversation with care and understanding when letting your kids know what is going on. Following the steps below can help your children to more successfully...
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Everything you should know about alimony in Florida
Alimony, also known as spousal support, refers to financial payments made by one former spouse to the other following a divorce or separation. Its traditional purpose is to help ensure that the spouse who is financially dependent or disadvantaged can maintain a reasonable living standard after the marriage ends. However, in modern marriages, spousal support...
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