Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Owning your own business when going through divorce in Florida can be challenging. If the business started during the marriage, then it is considered a marital asset and is subject to equal division to both parties. However, some businesses…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Am I on the hook for an accident if my soon to be ex was driving our car? Florida law recognizes that assets such as cars and houses are jointly owned if purchased during the marriage and must be…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Which parent should claim the children as dependents on their taxes when separated or divorced? Working as a lawyer in family law matters in Jacksonville, Florida, I get this question often. If there are children involved in a divorce,…
In Orloff v. Orloff, 36 Fla. L. Weekly D643a (Fla. 2d. DCA Mar. 30, 2011), th Second District Court of Appeal addressed the decision making process a court must complete when determining whether a spouse is entitled to received a share of a family business started before the marriage upon…
In Florida you may be required to pay child support even if you are unemployed. You might ask, “how do they calculate my income for child support guidelines if I do not have an income?” The answer is that income may be imputed or attributed to you in certain circumstances.…
Rehabilitative alimony is a type of alimony allocated to a spouse to provide assistance while her or she regains the ability to become self supporting. There must be a finding by the court that the dissolution of marriage will affect the requesting spouse’s ability to be self supporting for a…
This is the number one question I get from new clients. The answer is not easy to give. There a a number of factors that can increase the cost of a divorce. Divorces are very emotional and often times the reason they cost more is that couples can’t come to…
Judges in Florida family law cases are big proponents of family law mediation. It is estimated that 90% of family law cases are actually settled at mediation. If that is accurate it means that a majority of family law cases are taken off of the court’s docket before they go…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Florida divorces are decided as a no-fault matter. Florida no-fault law that rules divorces basically means that the reason for the divorce is not important in determining issues surrounding the divorce. In Florida, divorces separate assets and liability (debts)…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Seeking an annulment in Florida requires your facts to match those prongs necessary in Florida annulment law, based on cases and not Statute. Annulments are difficult to get due to the fact that they dissolve the marriage as if…