Many divorcing Florida couples concern themselves with how they will split their tangible assets such as the family home or cars when they divorce. Few spouses, however, immediately realize that they must also divide their marital debts. Absent any prenuptial...
Month: March 2021
3 times you might qualify for an expungement in Florida
Having a criminal record limits your options in life. It can keep you from renting a house in the best neighborhoods, prevent you from receiving student aid for higher education and even affect your professional licensing. In theory, criminal records serve to help...
Steps you must take to establish paternity if you want to request custody in Florida
While the state automatically considers children born to married moms and dads as belonging to both of them, they don't view unmarried parents similarly. Maternal rights are automatically conferred at the time of a child's birth, but state law requires unmarried...
Why failing to ship could land you with a fraud charge
Here is how business used to work. A customer walks into your store. They drop goods in their basket and pass to checkout. You add up the contents, and they hand you money. They walk out with their goods. Transaction completed. Here is how it often happens now. A...
Can drivers refuse field sobriety tests?
Most all states work to combat drunk driving by imposing fines and jail terms on drunk drivers. When a suspected drunk driver in Florida gets pulled over by police, the officer commonly conducts several field sobriety tests. The driver can refuse to undergo the tests,...