Recent Posts in Child Custody Category
Posted on Jan 26, 2016 By Hager, Schwartz & Ross, P.A.
In many respects, the laws surrounding child support are the most straightforward of all the family law-related calculations. As in other states, Florida imposes a precise statutory calculation on the ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2015 By Sara Gonzalez
Going through a divorce can be a complicated process. From finances, to children, to moving, there are many issues that must be dealt with in a timely manner to ensure your personal well-being and ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2015 By Hager, Schwartz & Ross, P.A.
To initiate a legal dissolution of marriage in the state of Florida, you must first determine your eligibility. There are two types of marriage that you can choose to bring to the courts: simplified ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2014 By Jay Butchao
It is hard to overstate the importance of a court's decision-making process when it comes to visitation and time - sharing arrangements. Florida law is emphatic that courts—and only ...
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Posted on Aug 10, 2014 By Jay Butchao
In Florida, as elsewhere, determinations of child custody are made based on what is in "the best interests of the child." When awarding custody to one parent or another after a divorce, a ...
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Posted on Aug 1, 2014 By Jay Butchao
The ability of a parent to visit with a child is of paramount importance to the state of Florida. Sometimes, child custody arrangements via time - sharing plans are relatively simple affairs. They ...
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Posted on Jul 18, 2014 By Jay Butchao
In Florida, child custody determinations—"time-sharing," as it is called—are made based on what is in the "best interests of the child." This is a standard that arises ...
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Posted on Jul 10, 2014 By Jay Butchao
Florida somewhat uniquely combines several concepts of child custody and visitation into a scheme known as "time-sharing." Essentially, though a post- divorce child may reside with one ...
Continue reading "Florida Courts Reinforce Child Time-Sharing Policy" »
Posted on Nov 7, 2013 By Hager & Schwartz
What is Mediation and how does it work? Mediation is an informal process by which both parties can come together with an impartial third party that can assist them in coming to a non-litigated ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2013 By Sandra A. G rim
There is an assumption that fathers have fewer rights than mothers when the parties have not been married, and initially this is true, however, if there is a paternity action filed and timesharing is ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2013 By Hager, Schwartz & Ross, P.A.
I attended a hearing on an Emergency Motion for Pick Up Order of a Child this week, wherein the Wife filed it in order to gain an unfair advantage and control the Husband's time with the child. I ...
Continue reading "A Father Wins Alternating 50/50 Timeshare One Week On, One Week Off As Sought" »