Fort Myers Family Law Blog

Child support is important for the care of your children, but there may be a time when you are unable to make these payments. This does not make you a bad parent or diminish your rights in any way, but it does mean you may benefit from considering certain legal options. When making your payments is not possible, it might be prudent to seek a modification of your child support order.

As Florida readers know, circumstances continue to change long after a divorce or custody order is final. Sometimes, through factors beyond your control, you may experience a decrease in income, which will affect your ability to meet your obligations. Instead of simply not paying or assuming there is nothing you can do, you can work for changes that will allow you to continue to support your kids according to your current financial circumstances. 

If your marriage is over, you may be doing a lot of thinking about what your post-divorce life will look like, especially if you have considerable assets on the table. You may have concerns about your spouse obtaining more than a fair share of your marital assets, particularly if you have worked hard before and during your marriage to achieve the level of financial success you enjoy.

Before the divorce process begins, you can take certain steps to protect your assets. Taking these precautions may not only allow you a better chance of getting a fair divorce order, but it may also allow the process to move more quickly, potentially saving you the cost of a prolonged divorce.

If you and your child's other parent have not been able to reach a custody agreement that satisfies everyone, you may be heading to court. Unfortunately, this means you may be giving up a lot of the control you may have had over the decisions affecting your child's custody.

You can take certain steps to improve the chances of reaching your goals in front of a judge. When everything else is equal, sometimes it is the little things you do that can have the greatest influence on the court.

Prenuptial agreements can cause tension for an engaged couple. Everyone wants to think that their marriage will be bulletproof and there is no point in preparing for a future when it is ending. Although it is often difficult to create one, agreements often give more security than trepidation to new couples.

The world of marital law is buzzing around changes to the tax code that imply a revolution in finance during and after divorce. This means that people writing prenuptial agreements should pay attention to the new directions that tax law is taking.