By: Lenorae C. Atter, Jacksonville Family Law Attorney latter@woodatter 1. What will I pay in child support? – Child support is a calculation mandated by Florida Statute 61.30 and is based on the net income of the parties as a whole and the individual’s percentage of that whole. There are…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Family Law Attorney latter@woodatter.com 1. In a divorce, who gets the home? – The marital home is a marital asset and is subject to equitable distribution or the assets being divided equally. However, if there are minor children, then typically the party who has the…
Written by Whitney R. Lonker, Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. wlonker@woodatter.com Collaborative law is a relatively new area of practice in Jacksonville, Florida, that gives parties an opportunity to divorce or to settle another family law issue out of court in a private and respectful manner. The parties agree up…
Written by Whitney R. Lonker, Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. wlonker@woodatter.com The older and more experienced I get, I have been researching articles on good health and good health practices, and surprisingly, I have found many articles that state that marriage is good for your health! Obviously divorce is quite…
Written by Whitney R. Lonker, Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. wlonker@woodatter.com There was an article in the New York Times that outlined the divorce rate in this country at the present time as compared to divorce rates in the 1950’s. It appears that divorces are on the rise especially in…
Written by Whitney R. Lonker, Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. wlonker@woodatter.com Divorce affects everyone. From the parties to their extended family and even their friends. But divorce affects children differently from adults and children experience the pain of divorce differently at different ages. Here is a good article on what…
by Whitney R. Lonker, Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. wlonker@woodatter.com Recently I represented a woman in a divorce action in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, in a 13 year marriage. The woman did not work throughout the marriage but she did have a college degree and had worked prior to the…
Written by Whitney R. Lonker, Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. wlonker@woodatter.com One of the most common issues that I see arise after a divorce in Florida is that the primary time-sharing parent wants to relocate to another State or out of the county in which the divorce was finalized and…
Written by Whitney R. Lonker, Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. wlonker@woodatter.com Family law in Florida is probably the most personal of all areas of law in that we, as practitioners, delve into the deepest secrets of families in order to fight our case or to settle an issue. Many times…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Florida Family Law Attorney latter@woodatter.com In Jacksonville, Florida, as a family law and divorce lawyer, I represent a number of individuals who have been or are in the military. Military family law differs in that many different amounts of income are factored in for purposes…