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Types of Custody Under Florida Statute 751: Long Term Custody By An Extended Family Member in Lake Mary, Florida and Orlando, Florida Area

Florida Statute 751 deals with Temporary or Concurrent Custody by an Extended Family Member. In Florida Statute 751, it describes who may petition for custody under this statute. A relative of consanguinity within the third degree, a stepparent,or a fictive kin may petition ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Ex Parte Emergency Motions in an the Orlando, Florida Area Child Custody Case

An Ex Parte Emergency Motion has the goal of granting temporary custody due to the threat of imminent harm to a child. When filing an ex parte emergency motion for custody in the Orlando, you must check that the motion is an emergency in the e-portal filing system. Ev...

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Easter and Holiday Timesharing in the Orlando Florida Area

Easter is fast approaching. You are coloring eggs, filling Easter baskets, and attending Easter egg hunts. Holidays are always busy and can be a stressful time, even for people who love the holidays. The last thing you need at this time of year is more stress. ...

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Child Custody, Visitation and Grandparents

There was just recently a case out of First District Court of Appeals in Leon County regarding Child Custody, Visitation, and an Out of State Order and Full Faith and Credit. The case involved a grandparent who had a Kentucky court order allowing her visitation with h...

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Termination of Parental Rights in the Orlando, Florida Area

Before a trial court can terminate a parent’s rights to his or her child, there are three elements the Department must prove: First, the Department must prove by clear and convincing evidence that at least one statutory ground in section 39.806(1), Florida Statutes (2...

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What is Necessary to Obtain a Psychological Evaluation on a Party in an Orlando, Florida Marital and Family Law Case?

A party seeking a psychological evaluation on an opposing party in an Orlando marital and family law case must show that a matter is in controversy and show Good Cause for the examination. Florida Family Law Rule 12.360 governs this. It states that a request for a psy...

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