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Permanent Alimony Is Gone: A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains

Permanent Alimony Is Gone: A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains

If you are in the middle of a Florida divorce, you have probably had the unsettling feeling that the rules are moving underneath you. You are not imagining it. Florida rewrote its alimony statute in ...

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Can You Undo a Divorce Settlement? A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains

Can You Undo a Divorce Settlement? A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains

Almost every divorce settlement gets signed with a small knot of doubt still in place. You reviewed the financial disclosures. Something felt incomplete. But mediation was ending, the legal fees were...

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Emergency Timesharing Orders in Florida: What a Tampa Divorce Lawyer Wants Parents to Understand After Capps v. Capps

Emergency Timesharing Orders in Florida: What a Tampa Divorce Lawyer Wants Parents to Understand After Capps v. Capps

If you are going through a divorce with children involved, few things feel more frightening than the possibility of losing time with them. You may have heard the phrase "emergency motion" thrown arou...

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Is Unused Sick Leave a Marital Asset? A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains

Is Unused Sick Leave a Marital Asset? A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains

If you are going through a divorce right now, there is a good chance you have looked at a stack of financial paperwork and thought: does anyone actually check this? You filled out a financial affid...

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What Social Media Posts Have Actually Wrecked Florida Divorce Cases?

What Social Media Posts Have Actually Wrecked Florida Divorce Cases?

Social media has become one of the most reliably productive sources of evidence in Florida divorce and custody proceedings. Courts, attorneys, and judges are familiar with it. Discovery requests rout...

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How Does Commingling Turn Your Inheritance Into Marital Property Under Florida Law?

How Does Commingling Turn Your Inheritance Into Marital Property Under Florida Law?

Florida law protects inherited assets from division in a divorce. An inheritance you received, whether from a parent, grandparent, or anyone else, is classified as nonmarital property under Florida S...

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How Does Florida Divide Credit Card Debt and Student Loans in a Divorce?

How Does Florida Divide Credit Card Debt and Student Loans in a Divorce?

Debt is the half of equitable distribution that people forget about until it becomes a serious problem. Most divorcing couples spend significant energy negotiating who keeps the house, who gets the r...

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How Does Florida’s Homestead Law, the Snowbird Second Home, and Out-of-State Property Complicate a Tampa Divorce?

How Does Florida’s Homestead Law, the Snowbird Second Home, and Out-of-State Property Complicate a Tampa Divorce?

Florida divorces involving real estate are rarely straightforward, and they become more complicated when the properties in question have distinctive Florida-specific characteristics. Homestead proper...

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How Are 401(k)s, IRAs, and Florida Retirement System Pensions Divided in a Florida Divorce?

How Are 401(k)s, IRAs, and Florida Retirement System Pensions Divided in a Florida Divorce?

Retirement accounts are often the largest financial assets in a marriage after the family home, and dividing them correctly in a Florida divorce requires understanding a body of federal and state law...

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