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11/14/25

Tampa Divorce Lawyer: How a Missed Deadline Cost a Wife Her $100,000+ DROP Benefits

A 2025 Florida appellate decision, Tucker v. Tucker, is a devastating and costly lesson in the dangers of procedural deadlines, ambiguous agreements, and the immense risk of navigating a divorce...

Divorce

11/14/25

Florida’s Alimony Reform: A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Analyzes a Key Case

The landscape of Florida family law was fundamentally altered in 2023 with the passage of sweeping alimony reform. This new legislation, which eliminated permanent alimony, sent a shockwave through t...

Alimony

11/14/25

When a Life Insurance Clause Fails: Lessons from Marin v. Marin for Florida Alimony Enforcement

Summary of the Case In Eduardo Marin v. Jane Marin (Fla. 2d DCA 2025), the appellate court examined whether a former husband could be ordered to pay a $700,000 money judgment after faili...

Divorce

11/14/25

Who Are You Without Your “Plus-One”? Rediscovering Your Identity After Divorce.

For years, perhaps decades, your identity has been intrinsically linked to another person. You were not just an individual; you were part of a "we." Your social invitations, your weekend plans, your ...

Divorce

11/13/25

Tampa Divorce Lawyer on Due Process: A Court Can’t Run Out of Time

A 2025 decision from the Florida Second District Court of Appeal (2DCA), which is the appellate court that governs all divorce and family law cases in Tampa, has provided a critical, two-part lesson ...

Divorce

11/13/25

The Divorce-Depression Loop: How 30 Minutes of Walking Can Break the Cycle

Divorce, especially a high conflict one, often feels less like a legal process and more like a descent. A descent into a heavy, suffocating fog of grief, anxiety, and profound sadness. The future fee...

Divorce

11/13/25

Relocation Roulette: Fighting or Facilitating a Move in a High-Conflict Florida Custody Case

n Florida family law, there is no single issue more explosive, more final, or more fraught with peril than relocation. It is the ultimate "zero-sum" game in a custody dispute. One parent gets to move...

Custody

11/13/25

Already Married? It Might Not Be Too Late: Understanding Postnuptial Agreements in Florida

The whirlwind of wedding planning is over, the vows have been exchanged, and you have settled into married life. But perhaps circumstances have changed since you said, "I do." Maybe one spouse receiv...

prenuptial agreement

11/12/25

Tampa Divorce Lawyer: When a Birth Certificate Beats a DNA Test (The Bauer Paternity Case)

A recent 2025 Florida appellate decision, Bauer v. Carlson and Butler, provides a shocking and critical lesson on the complexities of Florida paternity law. The case presents a scenario that man...

Custody

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I’m extremely appreciative of Attorney’s Damien interest in personally replying through a voice note the questions that I left on his website’s contact form. His keen attention to every detail of my long questions, and his thorough and candid responses have definitely been instrumental in my decision making towards hiring McKinney Law Firm. Thank you so much, Damien!
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Tampa Divorce Lawyer: How a Missed Deadline Cost a Wife Her $100,000+ DROP Benefits

Florida’s Alimony Reform: A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Analyzes a Key Case

When a Life Insurance Clause Fails: Lessons from Marin v. Marin for Florida Alimony Enforcement

Who Are You Without Your “Plus-One”? Rediscovering Your Identity After Divorce.

Tampa Divorce Lawyer on Due Process: A Court Can’t Run Out of Time

The Divorce-Depression Loop: How 30 Minutes of Walking Can Break the Cycle

Relocation Roulette: Fighting or Facilitating a Move in a High-Conflict Florida Custody Case

Already Married? It Might Not Be Too Late: Understanding Postnuptial Agreements in Florida

Tampa Divorce Lawyer: When a Birth Certificate Beats a DNA Test (The Bauer Paternity Case)

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