Archive for June 28, 2024

Enjoying the Summer with Your Children in the Lake Mary, Florida and Orlando, Florida Area 

Currently, you are enjoying the summer with your children. You and your ex-spouse should have already determined according to your Parenting Plan what weeks and dates you are taking the children on vacation. This is a time to enjoy the children without school activities, suc...

Issues Dealing with Elderly Loved Ones

You have Elderly loved ones. They may live close by to you, or they may live far away. If they live close by, it is easier to observe them to determine what services you think they need. However, if they live far away it might be a lot harder. You may speak to them

Your spouse has not worked during the marriage or for several years. You are divorcing. Your spouse is requesting a large sum of alimony saying he/she has no job and needs that money to live at the standard of living during the marriage and to pay his/her bills. What can you...

Relocation in the Lake Mary, Florida and Orlando, Florida Area

You got a new job out of state. You need to relocate. What can you do? Will your ex-spouse or the other parent in a current or prior custody case object to you moving out of state? Have you asked them? Did they say yes, or no? If they said ‘Yes,’ then you can file a Joint St...

What is Needed to Prove Restoration of Capacity in a Guardianship Case in the Orlando, Florida or Lake Mary, Florida Area?

You have been declared incompetent. It may be because of mental illness or another reason. You are now doing well, seeing your psychiatrist and your psychologist, and taking your medication. You are functioning in society. You want to file a Suggestion of Capacity. Wh...

Possible Consequences of an Injunction Against Domestic Violence in the Orlando, Florida and Lake Mary, Florida Area

Someone has filed an Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence against you in the Orlando, Florida Area or the Lake Mary, Florida Area. What are the possible consequences if an Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence is issued against you? There ...

Drug Abuse and Custody Cases

Florida law has a presumption of fifty-fifty custody. That means each parent has the child for 182.5 days a year. The parents can have Timesharing with the child/children for one week on and one week off; four days then three days; two days then three days then two da...

Legal Separation Agreement in Orlando, Florida and Lake Mary, Florida Area

What is a Legal Separation Agreement? Why is it useful? A Legal Separation Agreement is a contractual document wherein the parties of the marriage spell out how their assets, debts, and salary will be distributed during the separation agreement.  Read More

Parenting Plans and Summer Break

Summer break from school is here, which means your child or children are out of school. If you have a parenting plan, you should have delineated the timesharing schedule for the summer. It is usually customary that both parents have two consecutive weeks during the su...

Things You May Not Know About An Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence in the Orlando, Florida Area

There are multiple types of injunctions for protection against domestic violence in Florida. An injunction may be filed in the county where the petitioner currently or temporarily resides, where the respondent resides, or where the domestic violence occurred. A tempor...