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Tips for Bullying Prevention During Your Collaborative Divorce
Have you found that there is no question divorce is a complex and emotionally charged process, particularly when children are involved? While collaborative divorce aims to foster a cooperative environment, it is not uncommon for tensions to rise, leading to instances of bullying. Bullying in the context of a divorce can take many forms,… Read More »
Estate Planning Essentials for Young Co-Parenting Families During Summer Break
As the school year ends and summer begins, it is a time when many families focus on vacations, activities, and making memories. However, it is also an excellent time to consider important financial and legal matters, such as estate planning. While it might not be the first thing on your summer to-do list, estate… Read More »
Four Tips for Managing Back to School Schedules After a Divorce
Back to school time can be stressful for any household, but there can be added layers of complexities navigating back to school schedule management, among other things, when you and your co-parent are divorced. Have you been struggling to figure out how you are going to successfully co-parent through this? To help, let us… Read More »
6 Tips Every Parent Struggling with Divorce Should Address Early
Divorce, even when amicable, is difficult for everyone. It can be especially difficult for children. Have you worried about the impact your divorce may have on your kids? Let us discuss 6 tips you can start using today to help your child process your divorce. 1. Help kids manage their feelings. It can be… Read More »
Six Steps to Help Aging Parents on National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day
Did you know that National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day is the third Friday in April each year? This year, it falls on April 16th. By disposing of unneeded and expired medications annually, we can help protect ourselves and others from addiction, as well as, accidental poisoning caused by expired medications becoming toxic,… Read More »
Florida’s “parents and divorce” course
During a divorce, all parties with minor children are required to attend a “parents and divorce” course approved by the Florida Department of Children and Families before entry of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage. I recommend that you take this course as quickly as possible because it will help you navigate through… Read More »
Coming up with a parenting plan for post-divorce
Currently, Florida law requires that the court prepare a Parenting Plan, which is a detailed time-sharing schedule. In this Parenting Plan, time-sharing is dealt with along with the division of holidays, extracurricular activities and travel issues. There are many different parenting plan forms floating around on the Internet for your review, and the Florida… Read More »
Parenting during and after divorce: time-sharing and shared parental responsibility
It is Florida policy to encourage both parents to have “frequent and continuing contact” with their children and to “share the rights and responsibilities, enjoys, of child rearing” after divorce. Florida law refers to this as “parental responsibility,” and most parties have shared parental responsibility. Florida law creates a preference for this so that… Read More »
Coming up with a parenting plan for post-divorce
Currently, Florida law requires that the court prepare a Parenting Plan, which is a detailed time-sharing schedule. In this Parenting Plan, time-sharing is dealt with along with the division of holidays, extracurricular activities and travel issues. There are many different parenting plan forms floating around on the Internet for your review, and the Florida… Read More »
Parenting during and after divorce: time-sharing and shared parental responsibility
It is Florida policy to encourage both parents to have “frequent and continuing contact” with their children and to “share the rights and responsibilities, enjoys, of child rearing” after divorce. Florida law refers to this as “parental responsibility,” and most parties have shared parental responsibility. Florida law creates a preference for this so that… Read More »
