Using the childhood reason that “everyone is doing it” as a justification for mimicking that behavior seems to be true for divorce, according to a recent study by a University of California-San Diego professor using data from a portion of the Framingham Heart Study of the 1970s. Professor James H.…
In Florida divorce, some marital assets can present a bigger challenge when it comes to determining how they are divided. For example, traditional pension plans cannot usually be divided immediately, and divorcing spouses who have executive pay packages that may involve contingency benefits like deferred stock options can complicate the…
Under Florida Statute § 61.052(1)(b) a dissolution of marriage will not be granted from a party who is mentally incapacitated, unless the party alleged to be incapacitated has been deemed incapacitated for a preceding period of 3 years. The provisions to adjudge a person incapacitated falls under Fla. Stat. §…
Florida is an equitable distribution state. In essence, what this means is that the marital property should be divided fairly or equitably – not necessarily equally. The division of property is based upon all the facts of the case and also takes into account the contribution of each spouse to…
In Florida, spouses have several options to choose from when it comes to obtaining a divorce. Those options include mediation, trial and a fairly new practice known as collaborative divorce. In a Florida collaborative divorce, each spouse has his or her own attorney who helps to negotiate an acceptable settlement…
The State of Florida has made it possible for certain couples to divorce via a simplified dissolution of marriage. However, Florida couples that wish to divorce without the services of a Florida divorce attorney must meet certain criteria: • Both must agree to a simplified dissolution of marriage; • The…
A Jewish Israeli man recently broke the country’s record for the highest number of divorces – again. Previously, the record for the most number of divorces for one person was seven. This unnamed man has now been divorced eleven times. He reportedly told the Rabbinical court that he usually divorces…
New research from Wake University shows that men suffer more stress in a rocky relationship than women and have a harder time accepting a break-up. The new study, published in the June issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, examined the relationships of 1,000 college-age Florida men and…
Florida divorce courts are no different than many other states when it comes to encouraging couples to settle their divorces via mediation or collaborative law: they’re for it. And while I usually urge divorcing couples to consider mediation or collaborative divorce, there are some instances when going to court is…
In a no-fault state like Florida it is difficult to understand, as a family law attorney, why parties are willing to spend more money than they have to prove that a spouse was, in fact, having an extramarital affair. It is not to say that affairs are not personal or…