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 7, 2017 | Business Law, Family Law, Florida Law, general law, Uncategorized
It has been said that we live in a culture that exalts youth and minimizes older people. While this is true, it is inconsistent with the way I look at aging. It has been my pleasure and privilege to get to know some older people who are truly remarkable. I was...
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 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 2, 2017 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law
Human behavior is a funny thing. People don’t always act in predictable ways. You could confirm this by discussing the subject with just about any lawyer who has worked in the field of family law. Recently, Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize in Economics. His work...
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...
