A New York mother who was seeking permission to move to Florida with her children over the objections of her ex-husband has been granted that request by a Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice with a new twist: she must provide her ex-husband with Skype video conferencing technology that will allow…
If you are going through a Florida divorce and have children, one of the most important tasks that lie ahead of you and your spouse is to create a workable parenting agreement. A parenting agreement is essentially a plan on how you and your soon-to-be ex will parent your children…
A recent feature story at CNN.com chronicled the growing trend among engaged couples in their 20s and 30s to participate in premarital counseling that they hope will make it less likely that they are victims of divorce like their parents. States have gotten into the act, too. Six states –…
A new North Carolina insurance company – SafeGuard Guaranty Corp. — has introduced what it is calling the world’s first divorce insurance product at wedlockdivorceinsurance.com. Profiled in a recent New York Times blog, Safeguard says its divorce insurance is a form of casualty insurance that will cover the costs of…
Under Florida Law, incarceration alone is insufficient grounds for terminating parental rights. Although Florida Family Courts may terminate parental rights where the court finds that the parent has abandoned, abused or neglected the child, incarceration, as a matter of law, does not constitute abandonment. That is not to say that…
Pursuant to Florida Statute sec. 63.053: Rights and Responsibilities of an Unmarried Biological Father, “If an unmarried biological father fails to take the actions that are available to him to establish a relationship with his child, his parental interest may be entirely lost, or greatly diminished.” Thus, as an unmarried…
The recent changes to Florida’s alimony statute will apply to all initial awards of alimony entered after July 1, 2010 and modifications of such awards. These amendments cannot be the basis to modify awards or change the amount or duration alimony awards entered before July 1, 2010. Below is a…
A recent article in the Washington Post on interfaith marriages said that the rate of interfaith marriages is climbing, but so too is the divorce rate for those marriages. In 2006, 25 percent of U.S. households were mixed faith, according to the General Social Survey. But calculations based on another…
The Jacksonville Network for Strengthening Families, a city-run program that offered classes to families on preventing violence, marriage preparation and divorce prevention and that was eliminated last year when its federal grant money ran out, has been resurrected by FreshMinistries, a Jacksonville interfaith nonprofit group. According to a story in…
Ikos, one of Europe’s oldest hedge funds, is at the center of a nasty divorce battle between its husband-and-wife founders, who started the company with $10,000 in 1992 and built it into a $3.4 billion financial powerhouse. Martin Coward and Elena Ambrosiadou recently split over his affair with a 23-year-old…