It is common for divorcing parties to reach verbal agreements prior to seeking counsel. They simply want the attorney to put their verbal agreements into a marital settlement agreement and navigate them through a relatively abbreviated divorce process. Attorneys are well capable of doing that. It is my suggestion, though, that if you do this, […]
Temporary orders are very important in divorce cases. A temporary order is an order which simply lasts from the time it is made until the conclusion of the divorce case when the terms of a final judgment or divorce decree then control. But what happens during the pendency, or while the case is going, can […]
Pensions are considered assets in a divorce action. Some assets are marital assets and some assets are non-marital assets. Non-marital assets go to the party who currently owns them in their entirety. Marital assets get equally divided between the parties. Now, pensions can be sometimes entirely marital, if they’re earned during the marriage; or entirely […]
Potentially attorney’s fees are awarded from one party to the other in a dissolution of marriage action. In most cases that doesn’t occur, but in some cases it does. Attorney’s fees can potentially be awarded during the pendency, or while the action is pending. The purpose of this is to keep one party from being […]
Parties going through a pending dissolution of marriage action can reconcile at any time prior to the issuance of a final judgment of dissolution of marriage, a court order of divorce, by a judge. You can reconcile early on in the process. You can even reconcile way deep into the process after a contested final […]
Missing money at or about the time of a divorce filing creates a lot of problems for a lot of divorces. In general, the date of filing is when a court assesses assets that should be divided between the parties. But that is a general presumption that is not an absolute. If money is inappropriately […]
In general, if one party wants to get divorced in Florida, the divorce is going to take place. The court only has to find that the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken. That only requires one party to feel that way. There are certain exceptions to this statement, but they are few and far […]
When you start a divorce case in Florida, you are expected by the courts to exchange documents with the other side. The concept is known as “mandatory financial disclosure.” The rules list an initial 16 different types of documents which both sides are supposed to exchange. Some of them will apply to your case and […]
Well the most common financial mistake I see being made in many divorce actions is when someone gets involved in the process without understanding the process and their facts first. It is really important when getting divorce, to have a very in-depth case analysis so you understand the relevant facts of your case, you understand […]