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Many married couples fully combined their resources for the sake of convenience and transparency. They close separate accounts and share a checking account and credit cards. Such arrangements make it easy to track income and spending. Other times, spouses maintain a...
After informing your child that you are dissolving your marriage, one of their major concerns might be where they will live, especially if they are old enough to know divorce means having two homes. Therefore, once you and your co-parent have a custody schedule, it’s...
Deciding you want a divorce can be challenging and probably one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. Communicating the news to your spouse will likely also come with challenges. The following can help you handle this potentially fraught interaction. 1. Be sure...
Medicine is not an exact science, and new information (and treatments) constantly emerge. That can leave parents feeling very conflicted about their options for their children’s medical treatments. Some of the topics that spark the most heated disagreements these days...
A security deposit is important for the protection of a landlord. Even tenants with excellent rental histories and good credit might fail to pay their rent in full and on time. They could also theoretically cause significant damage to the property during their...
The school year is just started, and already some parents and their children are wondering if the kids might have a few too many scheduled activities. Structure and stability are good things for children to experience in their formative years. But too many activities...
Time-sharing arrangements can give both parents in a family access to their children after a separation or divorce. Whether parents establish a time-sharing arrangement through mutual agreements or litigation, they likely both have time-sharing rights and legal...
When you and your spouse decide to get a divorce, if it’s going to be litigated and the court needs to rule on how you should divide assets, you’ll be asked to make financial disclosures. You essentially just need to disclose to the court all of the tangible or...
When married couples have children, fathers automatically have certain legal rights. The situation is less clear in cases where unmarried couples have children. Unmarried fathers have the same theoretical rights as any other parents. However, they may need to take...
If your co-parent has suddenly stopped allowing your scheduled visits with your child, you may be wondering if this is allowed. In Florida, the answer is usually no. A parent cannot change a court-approved time-sharing plan on their own. Any changes must go through...