Florida Family Court Judge and former prosecutor Susan Aramony, of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court (Broward Circuit), passed away in her Fort Lauderdale home on Monday April 8, 2013. Ms. Aramony graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1981 and went on to lead a successful career as a…
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Notorious Child Support Evader and Florida Child Support Law
In November 2012, a fifty-year-old father of three was found and arrested in the Philippines and extradited to the US after having been featured on the Department of Health and Human Services list of “Most Wanted Deadbeats”.In 1995, a county judge in Long Island, NY ordered the man to pay $750 per…
Proposed Florida Bill Would Preclude Application of Sharia Law to Florida Divorce Cases
Divorces that occur in Florida are not always marriages that occured in Florida. Many married couples in the state of Florida tied the knot either in another state or maybe even a foreign country. When a couple divorces many US states consider the law of the jurisdiction where the nuptials…
Florida Legislators Propose a Required Reading Guidebook to Marriage
There are instruction manuals for every device or household appliance you acquire, however, you get nothing after you tie the bonds of holy matrimony. The Florida Family Policy Council reports that Florida Senator Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland and Representative Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, are expected to introduce a bill to have a…
The Uncertain Future of Florida Alimony
Alimony, otherwise known as maintenance or spousal support, has long been a pillar of social and economic stability for individuals reorganizing their life after a divorce. A bill intended to reform Florida’s alimony laws, known as HB231, has just passed its first subcommittee in the Florida House in a 10-2…
Three Parents? Florida Judge Allows Biological Father on Birth Certificate with Lesbian Parents
In January 2013, Miami-Dade County Judge Antonio Marin allowed an agreement between three people, permitting all three names be recorded on their daughter’s birth certificate as legitimate legally recognized parents.Two of the people, a lesbian couple, met the third, a gay male hairstylist, in 2006 by patronizing his salon. The…
How Your Florida Divorce Impacts Your Health Insurance
Middle-class women tend to be the most affected by a divorce, in terms of health insurance coverage. A study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior at the end of 2012 found that over 100,000 women annually lose their private health insurance as a result of divorce. And…
One Wants a Divorce, One Wants an Annulment: Disagreement on a Termination of a Florida Marriage
Kim Kardashian, currently carrying the baby of rapper boyfriend Kanye West, has filed for an emergency divorce from her husband Kris Humphreys. According to several sources Kris Humpreys, basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets, has repeatedly professed his wishes to be married only once and is looking to annul his…
Baby Veronica – The Risks and Rewards of Adoption in Florida
Oftentimes, the U.S. Supreme Court determines the future of major corporations and interest groups, but occasionally it will decide the fate of child and two separate families. However, on January 4, 2013, the Supreme Court decided to hear the case of ‘Baby Veronica’. In this case, Veronica’s future is at…
Deion Sanders’s Prenuptial Agreement Debate
Deion Sanders, famous football hall of fame all star, has recently gone through a divorce that can teach any person going through or expecting a divorce some important lessons.Born in Fort Myers, Florida, Deion went on to become a star football and baseball player for the Florida State University. Playing…