Will COVID-19 Force You To Modify Your Florida Child Support Order?
The coronavirus pandemic has swept across the United States and changed the way of life for most people. No place is this more apparent than the economy. Those who pay or receive child support may find that they are struggling, particularly if a paying parent has lost their job. At The Law Office Of Gustavo...
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What Happens To Child Support Calculations When Considering “Continual And Regular Gifts”
When you are going through a divorce and there are minor children involved, the process can be wrought back and forth. Whether you are supposed to be receiving child support or paying, you need to ensure you are being treated fairly. At The Law Office Of Gustavo E. Frances, P.A., our Fort Lauderdale child support...
5 Things You Need To Know About Child Support
Divorce isn’t just the separation of two people. If there are children involved then they are deeply affected by the divorce too. Breaking up your marriage also means asking your children to adapt to a new way of life. This is totally doable if you and your partner are willing to continue to work together...
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Difference Between Child Support and Child Custody
When a family goes through a divorce, the children are the most vulnerable. Children don’t understand complex adult emotions and therefore may have trouble understanding why they are living with only one parent instead of both. Our Fort Lauderdale child support attorney at The Law Office Of Gustavo E. Frances, P.A. has experience working with...
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Can You Be Arrested for Failure to Pay Child Support in Florida?
Parents who are ordered to pay child support in the state of Florida are expected to make timely payments as agreed. To fail to do so puts the parent at risk of sanctions against them by the state, and this includes being arrested and jailed for up to 179 days. Still, even though the arrest...
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Finally! Woman Collects Child Support Arrearage After 50 Years
In a story that was a half-century in the making, one woman in California is finally getting the child support she is owed—it’s just 50 years later. Dead-beat parents are nothing new. As long as there have been people divorcing, there have been parents trying to dodge their obligations to support their children. The same...
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Man Missing Owes $500,000 In Child Support
Florida is the sunshine state. Even though there are other states who get significantly more sunshine, Florida is known for its hot summer days and even hotter nights. The weather lures people from all over the nation to retire or just move. With water all around the panhandle, you can choose which coast is more...
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What Are Grounds for Divorce in Florida?
If you’re looking to untie the knot in Florida, you don’t really have a lot of explaining to do (to the courts, anyway), since Florida is a no-fault divorce state, or as Florida law describes divorce—the dissolution of marriage. In the Florida courts, would-be divorcees need only cite one of two reasons for a divorce:...
Florida to Randy New York Rabbi: Pay $5K Child Support Monthly
While many absent parents want nothing more than to help provide for the children they bring into this world, deadbeats parents abound. Some parents are all too willing to forget their obligations to their children when they no longer have a romantic interest in the mother or father—and simply walk away from the situation, seemingly...
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3 Myths About Child Support
There have been too many stories about how one spouse refuses to pay child support or is unable to pay child support. Those who have never been through child support may think that child support is an evil way to punish the parents who got divorced, that child support is assigned regardless of how much...
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