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If you and your future former spouse both want to keep your dog after the divorce, continue reading to find the answers you need. 2023 Update: Florida eliminated permanent alimony and established a 50/50 custody presumption effective July 1, 2023 (SB 1416 / Ch. 2023-301). While pet custody remains a...
Child Support and Grandparents Who Have Custody The person who pays child support typically is the non-custodial parent and the person paid is most often the parent who is raising the children. Non-parent guardians and grandparents can also seek child support if they have custody. In some cases, grandparents have...
What is a Child Support Affidavit? 2023 Update: Florida’s 2023 family law reform (Ch. 2023-301) established a 50/50 custody presumption effective July 1, 2023, which may affect time-sharing credits and child support calculations under the income shares model.. Do you need to draft an affidavit for child support? Here are...
TL;DR: Child custody mediation in Florida is mandatory for all contested issues under F.S. § 61.183, and it works — 65-70% of cases reach full settlement (FL Courts ADR). But common mistakes like going in unprepared, making emotional demands, or ignoring the 50/50 time-sharing presumption (Ch. 2023-301) can derail the...
TL;DR: An uncontested divorce with children in Florida typically takes 3–6 months. A contested divorce involving custody disputes can take 12–24+ months — largely because custody evaluations alone take 3–6 months to complete. [1] Florida’s 2023 reform (Ch. 2023-301) added a 50/50 time-sharing presumption that changes how parenting plans are...
TL;DR: Florida’s divorce rate is 3.0 per 1,000 residents — 25% above the national average of 2.4 (CDC, 2023). Florida is a pure no-fault state, meaning the only ground for divorce is that the marriage is “irretrievably broken” under F.S. § 61.052. Filing fees run $400–$410 across most counties, and...
Divorce After Marital Abandonment 2023 Update: Florida is a no-fault divorce state, so abandonment is not a separate ground for divorce. However, the 2023 family law reform (SB 1416 / Ch. 2023-301) eliminated permanent alimony and established a 50/50 custody presumption, which affects property division and custody in abandonment situations.....
TL;DR: Florida’s divorce rate dropped to 3.0 per 1,000 residents in 2023, down from 3.4 in 2021 (CDC NVSS, 2023). Florida courts processed 70,823 dissolution filings in FY 2023–24 (FL Courts). Duval County (Jacksonville) has a 14.0% divorced population — above the state average. Below, Jacksonville family law attorney Adam...