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A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains Why Florida Judges Must Show Their Work on Child Support and Contempt

A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains Why Florida Judges Must Show Their Work on Child Support and Contempt

If you have ever looked at a child support order and thought, "How did the judge arrive at that number?", you are asking the same question a Florida appellate court asked at the end of 2025. In ...

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What One Florida Time-Sharing Appeal Teaches Every Tampa Divorce Lawyer’s Client About Protecting the Record

What One Florida Time-Sharing Appeal Teaches Every Tampa Divorce Lawyer’s Client About Protecting the Record

If you are going through a divorce or a custody dispute, there is a fear that probably sits somewhere in the back of your mind: what if the judge gets it wrong? Most people take comfort in the idea...

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Tampa Divorce Lawyer: Who Pays Attorney’s Fees in Florida?

Tampa Divorce Lawyer: Who Pays Attorney’s Fees in Florida?

Few moments in a family law case land harder than opening an order that says you owe your former spouse nearly $100,000 in legal fees. It is one of the questions we hear most often as a Tampa divorce...

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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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