Dec 21, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law
Divorce isn’t just for middle age anymore. Studies show that “gray divorce” — marital splits among senior and nearly senior citizens – is increasingly common. According to a Pew Research Center report from March of this year, the divorce rate for married...
Dec 14, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law
In 2013 the Tampa Bay Times wrote about Terry Power whose divorce took five years and more than $400,000 to resolve. When the case was finally over, Power had declared bankruptcy and his kids had been put through an ordeal. Recently, the newspaper gave an update of...
Dec 1, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law
As a family law attorney / divorce attorney in Clearwater Florida, it has sometimes happened that a judge will say something during the course of a hearing that will cause me to ask the question: should the judge be recused? This has not happened frequently. For the...
Nov 22, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law
When the couple married, they were senior citizens. They thought they had made adequate preparations. There was a prenuptial. It was specifically drawn. However, something happened that they did not plan for: the husband suffered from dementia after the marriage....
Nov 16, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law
Father Greg Boyle has spent 30 years working in LA with gang members and young people transitioning out of prison. He is the founder and Executive Director of Homeboy Industries. Homeboy is a series of businesses including a restaurant, a bakery, cafés, and farmers...
Nov 9, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law
One of the most rewarding aspects of having the privilege to practice family law is to observe human irrationality. When I listen to the predicaments that people find themselves in I am struck with the sentiment that truth is stranger than fiction. In his book, The...