Providing child support for adult children with special needsIn a divorce in which the spouses have a child with special needs related to physical or mental impairments, the divorce decree may provide for child support for that child into adulthood, if...
Month: July 2019
Back child support in Florida
Why can I only recover two years of retroactive child support?There are circumstances when parents live apart, with one of them caring completely or primarily for the child or children, such as before seeking a determination of paternity or after separating during a...
Part 2: How is student loan debt divided in Florida divorce?
In part 1 of this post, we talked about college and professional degrees that spouses earned during marriage and how Florida courts handle those degrees in divorce. As we described, our courts have said that a degree is not an asset to divide in divorce like real...
Part 1: Do I get half of the diploma?
Dividing student loan debt in Florida divorceTwo issues can arise in a divorce related to a spouse’s college or graduate school education. First, is a degree earned during the marriage an asset to divide or is it relevant in settling the terms of a divorce? Second,...
Red, white and the alimony blues
Postjudgment downward alimony modifications in FloridaUnfortunately, sometimes the fireworks of conflict never go away between some divorced parties. Sometimes, changed circumstances evolve after divorce that make an alimony arrangement inequitable.When and how might...
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