For most people, going through a divorce is understandably stressful. Ending your marriage can impact many facets of your life. One often overlooked area is insurance. Health, life, and automobile insurance policies must be updated or changed in order to reflect your newly divorced status. This can mean higher premiums…
As a result of tough financial times, married couples seeking a divorce in Florida are increasingly filing for dissolution of their marriages without the assistance of an attorney. In fact, more than half of divorces filed in both Sarasota and Manatee counties within the past five years involved at least…
In Florida and other states, divorce expos are offering assistance to people struggling with issues related to the end of their marriages. Workshops on money management, single parenting, and other topics seek to assist expo attendees with life after saying goodbye to a spouse. Additionally, divorce expos are designed to…
In some ways, new advances in technology can make surviving a divorce much easier. For example, email, video chat services, and online scheduling products can potentially make communicating with your children while they are in the care of your former spouse easier. In other ways, however, technology’s role in our…
Reality television star Evelyn Lozada has filed for divorce from former Miami Dolphins player Chad Johnson, formerly known as Chad Ochocinco, after only 41 days of marriage. The Basketball Wives star filed her petition in Broward County on August 14th, only three days after she accused her husband of domestic…
A Fisher Island man was recently ordered to serve 180 days in jail after he reportedly allowed his 16-year-old son to marry the 18-year-old daughter of his housekeeper in an effort to remove the child from family court oversight. The 65-year-old father was charged with contempt of court and placed…
Increasingly, former spouses in South Florida are utilizing the services of a parenting coordinator. A parenting coordinator is a type of mediator who ensures parents comply with a written parenting plan. The aim of parenting coordination is to encourage communication between divorced parents and prevent their children from becoming a…
In a recent Broward divorce case, the former husband appealed the final judgment of dissolution of marriage. He claimed that Broward Circuit Judge Alfred J. Horowitz entered a final judgment of dissolution of marriage that did not reflect a settlement agreement that was reached by the parties and subsequently announced…
Since 1990, the rate of divorce for couples over 50 years of age has doubled. Increasingly, women over age 40 are reportedly seeking to end their marriages. The phenomenon has been dubbed the empty nest divorce and affects about one in four baby boomer marriages. Researchers believe the soaring divorce…
Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals has ruled that attorney’s fees may be awarded pursuant to Section 61.16(1) of the Florida Statutes in a marital property settlement agreement enforcement action. In De Campos v. Ferrara, a former married couple dissolved their marriage in 1991. As part of the dissolution action,…