When a Florida court approves a child custody agreement or promulgates a child custody order, it is effectively setting forth the rules by which the child's parents must live in order to serve the child's best interests. Even when parents follow custody agreements and...
Actor files for divorce from wife
Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is well-known to Florida moviegoers for his leading roles in movies such as "Star Wars" and "Moulin Rouge!" He has also enjoyed what has seemed to be a relatively stable personal life with his wife of nearly 22 years and their four...
Health care costs and child support in Florida
Parents who divorce or separate in Florida and who are required to create child support agreements or orders must include provisions therein that address how costs and insurance related to the medical care of their children will be addressed. No child should be left...
Start of the year brings increase in divorces
The first month of the New Year offers many Floridians the promise of a clean slate on which to write the story of their lives. Whether through resolutions or recommitments to the things that bring them peace and joy, individuals often seek to pursue actions and...
Individual retirement accounts and your divorce
An individual retirement account, also known as an IRA, is an investment tool that many Floridians utilize to prepare for their eventual retirement. It is a tool that allows a person to channel funds into an account that will, over time, grow in size due to increases...
What is virtual visitation?
Not that long ago, the only ways that a person could communicate with someone in a remote location was either through letters or by telephone if the parties both had access to telecommunications devices. Now, Floridians can quickly contact friends, family members and...
Divorcees: Update these 3 estate planning documents immediately
Imagine you've been married for ten years, but you and your spouse have decided to call it quits. Through the stresses of asset division, child custody decisions and battles over spousal support, you might forget one very important thing: Your estate plan. Spouses who...
Child support enforcement tools can make life hard on parents
Once a Florida court approves a child support agreement or creates a child support order for a set of parents and for the benefit of their child or children, the financial obligations created therein are binding. Child support is not optional: children depend on the...
