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When parents dissolve their marriages through divorce or a non-married couple has a child out of wedlock, the state of Florida strives to ensure they provide financial support to their children. Section 61.30 of the Florida Statutes includes guidelines that the state’s family courts use to determine the fair amount of child support a parent […]

It may seem unfair, but if Florida law enforcement agencies mistakenly arrest and fingerprint you for a misdemeanor or felony offense from which you are ultimately exonerated, it will generate a criminal record. It doesn’t matter if the charges were dropped or you were acquitted at trial, as the record of the arrest and disposition […]

If you’re facing divorce in Florida, you might be apprehensive about whether your spouse can take you to the proverbial cleaners during the process. While such apprehension isn’t misplaced, revisions to Florida’s divorce laws encourage equitable distribution of the couple’s assets. Still, when considering potential property division in divorce, you likely have questions like:

If a Florida judge has sentenced you to probation, you should probably be grateful. It certainly beats the alternative sentencing of up to two years in county jail for a misdemeanor conviction or one year to life imprisonment in a state or federal penitentiary for a felony. While you may have dodged the proverbial bullet […]

“Misdemeanor, n. An infraction of the law having less dignity than a felony and constituting no claim to admittance into the best criminal society.”—Ambrose Bierce, 19th Century American Journalist and Short Story Writer

The potential complications and emotional tumult that come with divorce are often compounded when children are involved. Impending divorce can strain each parent’s efforts to provide “the best” for their children, and both usually worry about how the children will be successfully raised by two different households post-divorce.