This weekend I sat next to someone who was interested in my upbringing. We had started talking about where we grew up and I mentioned that I lived in Brazil until we moved back to the States when I was about 8 years old. "Brazil? Why did you live in Brazil?" is the usual response I get. So I explained that my family were missionaries in the Amazon Basin in Northern Brazil. The next response is usually something about a missionary kid practicing family law. I get this a lot because ...
The Florida Supreme Court just decided a case - which will have far reaching effects on many divorce cases in Florida. Normally, each Appellate District, consisting of 3 - 10 Florida counties looks at certain situations differently, which results in slightly different law in each county. When the Florida Supreme Court decides a certain type of situation the end result is a standard in all of Florida. In this particular decision, the Florida Supreme Court decided what to do with ...
Just got the results of a very detailed, very long hearing on a Prenup. I prepared long and prepared hard. I reallllly wanted to win - not just because winning can be fun, but because I am especially interested in prenups. Waited six weeks for the court order to appear (yes, six weeks!!). It is always sweet to work that hard, wait that long, and then open up the mail and see the good results. Ending a really long day and being tired never felt so good.
Yesterday I realized, I did so something so common that it should be recognized as a powerful tool ..... I had a quick discussion in the hallway outside of a courtroom. When there is a scheduled hearing the two sides typically wait in the hallway outside of the courtroom. Because there is a scheduled hearing in front of a judge - the pressure is high. The parties are nervous. And the attorneys get a chance to think on their feet. It is a perfect storm of conditions that come together to create ...
I recently found myself turning my car around (on my way to the office) and proceeding toward an Orange County Dependency Court Shelter Hearing. Every county is different - in some counties through what is known as Unified Family Court a dependency case will mean that your dissolution of marriage proceeding and any injunctions will be "unified" into one courtroom with one judge. Not so in Orange County. Apparently in Orange County, if you are going through a divorce proceeding your ...
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