09/15/26

Are Co-Parenting Apps Helping Your Custody Case or Building a Case Against You?

Co-parenting apps like OurFamilyWizard, TalkingParents, and Coparently have become standard tools in Florida custody cases, and Hillsborough County family court judges are familiar with them. Courts ...

Custody

09/11/26

Can a Judge Ban Your New Spouse From Your Child’s School Events? What a 2026 Florida Ruling Means — Advice From a Tampa Divorce Lawyer

Few things in a Florida divorce case feel more personal than a judge making decisions about who gets to sit in the bleachers at your child's soccer game. If you have remarried — or if your ex has �...

Custody

09/10/26

When a Judge Changes Your Parenting Plan: A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains a New Florida Ruling on Required Findings

Few things in family law feel as destabilizing as learning that your parenting plan is about to change. You built a routine. Your child adjusted to it. And now the other parent has filed a petition a...

Custody

09/09/26

Tampa Divorce Lawyer: Changing a Florida Parenting Plan

A judge's decision about your child can feel like the end of the conversation. The order is signed, the terms are set, and you're expected to live with it. But Florida law asks something specific of ...

Custody

09/01/26

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...

Custody

08/22/26

How Should Divorced Parents in Florida Handle Different Rules Between Homes on Discipline and Screen Time?

One of the most persistent sources of conflict in co-parenting relationships is the discovery that the rules at the other parent's house are different from the rules at yours. Bedtimes, screen time l...

Custody

08/20/26

How Should Parenting Plans for Infants and Toddlers Work Differently in Florida Custody Cases?

Florida's 2023 equal timesharing presumption applies to all custody cases, including cases involving very young children. But applying that presumption to an eight-month-old or a two-year-old looks v...

Custody

08/19/26

What Do Florida Judges Actually Weigh When Applying the 20 Best Interests Factors in a Custody Case?

Florida's custody statute lists twenty factors that courts must consider when determining what parenting plan serves the best interests of the child. Most parents know the best interests standard exi...

Custody

08/18/26

What Are the Most Common Mistakes Parents Make Under Florida’s Child Relocation Law?

Florida Statute 61.13001 is one of the most procedurally detailed and most frequently violated statutes in Florida family law. Parents who are planning to move with a child, or who are responding to ...

Custody

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Are Co-Parenting Apps Helping Your Custody Case or Building a Case Against You?

Can a Judge Ban Your New Spouse From Your Child’s School Events? What a 2026 Florida Ruling Means — Advice From a Tampa Divorce Lawyer

When a Judge Changes Your Parenting Plan: A Tampa Divorce Lawyer Explains a New Florida Ruling on Required Findings

Tampa Divorce Lawyer: Changing a Florida Parenting Plan

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

How Should Divorced Parents in Florida Handle Different Rules Between Homes on Discipline and Screen Time?

How Should Parenting Plans for Infants and Toddlers Work Differently in Florida Custody Cases?

What Do Florida Judges Actually Weigh When Applying the 20 Best Interests Factors in a Custody Case?

What Are the Most Common Mistakes Parents Make Under Florida’s Child Relocation Law?

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