Archive for March 26, 2025

Alimony in the Orlando, Florida Area

Florida Statute Section 61.08 sets forth a two-step process for determining whether to award alimony in a divorce process. In the first step, the court must make a specific factual 

determination as to whether either ...

ABCs and 123s of High Net Worth Divorce in Lake Mary, Florida and Orlando, Florida Area

In a High Net Worth Divorce, it is important to have a team working with your attorney. You will probably want to hire your own financial expert. They can help you if your spouse is requesting alimony. They can also discuss the tax ramifications of the divorce with you and w...

What is the Interstate Compact on Placement of Children?

The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) as enacted by the Florida Legislature is in section 409.401, Florida Statutes (2024).

The ICPC allows a Florida court to place a child with a parent or relative, a...

The Florida Probate Rules Amendment

In 50 Florida Weekly 33, Florida Supreme Court, February 27, 2025, IN RE: AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA PROBATE RULES, the probate rules were amended. It came before the Court for consideration regarding proposed amendments to Florida Probate Rules 5.240 (Notice of Administration), ...

The Workings and Procedure of a Collaborative Divorce Case in Lake Mary, Florida

What is a Collaborative Divorce, and what are the workings and procedures of a collaborative divorce case? A Collaborative Divorce case is a divorce case wherein you do not go to court. You agree to do the case through the collaborative process. Both spouses must agree to do...

The Mental Health Impact of a Divorce in the Orlando or the Lake Mary, Florida Area

Many times, you hear about the fiscal impact of a divorce. You hear that you will have half of what you had before the divorce. You hear that, financially, things will probably be more difficult after the divorce because now there is one income, whereas before, there may hav...

A Lucid Moment in an Orlando or Lake Mary, Florida Will Contest

The substantive evidentiary burden for testamentary capacity at trial is significant for invalidating a will because the burden of invalidating a will is due to a lack of testamentary capacity. This is a heavy burden. 

Dealing with a High Net Worth Divorce in Orlando or Lake Mary, Florida Area

You are divorcing in the Orlando or Lake Mary, Florida area. You have a high net worth. You have a multimillion-dollar marital estate to divide. You may own businesses, multiple real properties, trusts, retirement accounts, stock options, pensions, etc. These divorces can ha...

What is Needed to Obtain a Stalking Injunction in the Orlando and Lake Mary Areas?

Someone is following or harassing you. You may think they are stalking you. You want to know whether you should go to the courthouse in the county where you live and file an Injunction for Stalking. You wonder if you have the evidence to obtain a Stalking Injunction. What do...

More News on Alimony

In Florida Law Weekly, Volume 50, Number 4, January 31, 2025, page 228, Woodard v Woodard, the Second District Court of Appeal discussed Alimony and the elimination of Permanent Alimony.  In this case, the court found that the elimination of permanent alimony from secti...