Florida residents who are preparing for a child custody hearing know that they have to be prepared if they want the hearing to go their way. Custody hearings can be set up between divorcing parents or even between parents who were never married. The ultimate goal is...
Month: February 2021
Protect yourself if you lose your job and can’t pay support
Child support is a program to help protect children from poverty if their parents don't stay together. As a parent, you have support obligations to your children that reflect how much parenting time you have, the needs of your kids and your income. Sometimes, parents...
How you can get arrested for shoplifting while in a store
Many shoplifting arrests take place at the exit of a business or in their parking lots. Management may have called police, who will wait outside for a suspect to exit the building. Loss prevention or security professionals employed by a retail business or their...
How to obtain modifications to an existing court order
A Florida judge may agree to modify a visitation or child support order if you experience a job loss. However, whether an existing order will be changed depends on the reason why you are no longer employed. It will also likely depend on how long it has been since the...
Can a spouse say no to divorce?
Making the decision to divorce is never an easy one, and it brings up many concerns for both spouses. One of the questions you might have is whether a spouse can say no to granting the other spouse a divorce. In Florida, the answer is no. What if a spouse doesn't want...