Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Florida divorce/family law courts recognize discrepancies in the incomes of both parties and have developed access to courts early in the process through a Motion for Temporary Needs. Once filed, there is a hearing to establish the needs of…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Florid child support payments are required by law and an order is established either through an action for divorce or paternity. If child support is not paid, the responsible party’s driver’s license can be suspended through the Division of…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. While Jacksonville, Florida has an influx of bankruptcy filings over the last few years, child support continues to be ordered in divorce and paternity actions. If a parent files bankruptcy after child support is ordered, then Bankruptcy does not…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. In Florida, if you are going separate ways in your marriage, divorce is not a requirement to receive alimony and/or child support in Florida. If you and your spouse are separated, then the party in need of spousal or…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. In Florida, a Birth Certificate signed by both a mother and father lays a presumption that the one signing as the father is the child’s biological father, however, it does not lay a foundation for the father to have…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Florida enforcement of child support can be brought through a Motion for Contempt if the responsible parent, the obligor, fails to pay child support per the order of child support entered by the Court. When a child support order…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. Florida divorce cases involving children, child support cases and paternity cases often provide for support of the children based on Florida Child Support Guidelines in Florida Statute 61.30. However, the guidelines do not address medical expenses regarding the children,…
Florida paternity and divorce cases involving children require child support to be calculated. Child support is based on the income of both parties and in order to establish that the Court does not simply accept testimony. So, how do parties actually provide proof of their individual incomes? Florida divorces are…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. As a Jacksonville, Florida family law attorney, I represent clients in paternity, child support and divorce cases. Payment of obligations for child support and alimony seem to weigh on both parties because one needs the support and the other…
Written By: Lenorae C. Atter, Attorney Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A. In Florida, to file for divorce, you must reside in the State for at least six (6) months prior to filing a petition with the court. The Florida residency requirement only requires one of the parties to have residence…