Florida stopped using the term ‘child custody’ in 2008 and now uses the terms’ parental responsibility’ and ‘time-sharing.’ Many myths abound about parental responsibility and time-sharing in Florida. As a parent in Florida, you...
In Florida, the law favors parents remaining active in their children’s lives after divorce. Therefore, courts prefer seeing time-sharing and parenting plans that provide both parents with equal access to the child. Only in a few circumstances would the courts prefer...
If you got divorced from your children’s other parent in Florida, the chances are, you have a parenting plan. Generally, a parenting plan is a plan that instructs former spouses who have children in common on how to proceed with their co-parenting duties. Among other...
Often after divorce, people decide to move for various reasons. For example, some move because of new jobs, while others move to be with new partners. But, what happens when children are involved? Can a parent freely relocate with their child whenever they want to...
Child custody/time sharing cases can bring the worst out of parents since not all know how to handle the stress and emotions that come with them. It is not uncommon for parents to focus on proving to one another who the better parent is to the extent of forgetting to...
Couples have children at different moments in their lives, with many bundles of joy coming before formal nuptials. Never assume that visitation or child custody rights are awarded to both parents automatically after a child’s birth. In Florida, the law only...
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