Palm Harbor Family Lawyer

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Oct 2014

When Your Child Doesn't Want to Visit the Other Parent

If you’re a parent going through a divorce, you know that the process can come with a variety of concerns about how it will affect your children. Establishing a sound time-sharing arrangement and accounting for all of the facets of the kids’ lives can be difficult and requires genuine effort on everyone’s part if the plan is to succeed. But what happens when the children’s own wishes come between ...

Posted By Dean Kantaras

19

Aug 2014

The Challenges of Modifying Child Custody in Florida

If you and your former spouse have children together, a top concern when going through divorce is to make sure your kids will continue to grow up healthy and happy. Part of the initial divorce settlement is the negotiation of custody arrangements, referred to in Florida law as timesharing. The couple may come to an agreement on timesharing terms or the court may mandate them based on the ...

Posted By Dean Kantaras

4

Nov 2013

Divorce and Special Needs Children

As a parent of a special needs child, you are likely aware of the many challenges that raising a special needs child can bring. You have also likely heard the statistics about the high rate of divorce among parents of special needs children. Is there something about raising a special needs child that perpetuates failed marriages? How can the interests of special needs children be addressed during ...

Posted By Dean Kantaras

31

Oct 2013

When Fault Matters in Divorce

Florida is a no-fault divorce state, which means that couples do not need to prove fault in order to obtain a divorce. Instead, couples must simply demonstrate that their marriage is irretrievably broken. But what if one spouse is really at fault? Does the innocent spouse have any recourse? Even though a determination of fault is not necessary to obtain a divorce in Florida, the issue of fault ...

Posted By Dean Kantaras