Oct 26, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law
More than 167,000 young people age 17 and under married in 38 states between 2000 and 2010, according to a search of available marriage license data by a group called Unchained at Last, which aims to ban child marriage. The search turned up cases of 12-year-old girls...
Oct 19, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law, Probate
Prenuptial agreements are utilized by parties who for various reasons do not wish to be bound by existing Florida law should there be a divorce or death of a party to the marriage. In a divorce context, these agreements are tools to establish the expectation of the...
Oct 12, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law, gay marriage, same-sex marriage
In the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the issue before the Supreme Court is whether a Christian baker has the right to refuse to create a wedding cake for two men. Since the Supreme Court of the United States has recognized same-sex...
Oct 5, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law
One of the aspects of the practice of family law that gets little attention is the drafting of legal documents. We know that most family law disputes are resolved by agreement. Some of the most important work that lawyers do comes in the form of drafting. It often...
Sep 28, 2017 | bankruptcy, Divorce, Family Law
From a family law perspective, it is important to realize that certain types of debt are not dischargeable in Bankruptcy. These include certain tax obligations, obligations incurred as a result of fraud or criminal activity, alimony, child support and certain...
Aug 31, 2017 | Family Law, general law
Intuition can make you a much more effective decision maker. The main alternative to the intuition-based approach is rational thinking. The rational decision making process relies mostly on logic and quantitative analysis. Nearly every individual can recall a time...
