Archive for April 17, 2025

What Can Happen to You If You Interfere with Timesharing of the Other Parent in the Orlando, Florida Area?

If you interfere with the timesharing of the other parent in the Orlando, Florida area, the judge can do several things to you. The judge can hold you in contempt of court if you willfully interfere with the timesharing of the other parent. Further, the judge can order make-...

The Psychotherapist Patient Privilege in an Orlando, Florida Divorce Case

What is psychotherapist-patient privilege in an Orlando, Florida, divorce case? This is a privilege in Florida Statute 90.503 that allows mental health patients to refuse the disclosure of confidential communications or records related to the diagnosis or treatment of their ...

What Can You Do If A Family Member is Baker Acted in Florida?

Many people have family members, friends or relatives who were Baker Acted in the State of Florida. The family members are usually frantic when this happens and want to know what they can do. They usually want to know if they can get their relative out of the facility where ...

What It Takes on a Case to Obtain a Disqualification of a Trial Judge

In the case NSB v DCFS, 50 FLW D375 (6th DCA March 28, 2025), the judge was disqualified for Bias and Prejudgment of the evidence. A petition seeking the disqualification of a trial judge was granted where the judge stated multiple times on record that she did not believe th...

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...