By C. Todd Marks | Published April 20, 2014 | Posted in Family Law and Marital Law | Tagged Tags: divorce, no fault grounds | Leave a comment
What are Florida Divorce Grounds?
When you consider getting a divorce, one of the first aspects of divorce to discuss with your Tampa family law attorney is divorce grounds. In some states, you have the option of a fault-based divorce where you must prove that the other spouse engaged in adultery, deserted you for a substantial time or did something Read More
Read MoreWhat are the Advantages and Disadvantages of an S Corporation?
An essential first step in starting any business is to evaluate the various types of business entities. An S corporation is one type of business entity you may want to consider when discussing your business goals with a Tampa business attorney. An S corporation derives its name from Subchapter S of the IRS (Internal Revenue Read More
Read MoreInsurance Companies and Bad Faith
Insurance companies are supposed to help you recover from damages you suffered in an auto accident. Unfortunately, sometimes the insurance company itself becomes the source of damages. Under the Florida law commonly called the Insurance Bad Faith Statute, an individual can file suit against an insurance company if he or she suffers damages due to Read More
Read MoreThe Basics of Estate Planning
Everyone knows what a will is, although statistics show that nearly half of Americans do not have one. We are all too busy dealing with our lives to think about will happen when they are over. Everyone, however, can benefit from an understanding of the basic concepts of estate planning. With that in mind, following Read More
Read MoreLiving Trusts: Why and Why Not
A revocable living trust is an estate planning tool that can help accomplish certain goals when used in the right circumstances. Like a regular will, a living trust helps you control what happens to your assets when you die. However, unlike a regular will, a living trust goes into effect — as you might guess Read More
Read MoreWhen Support Payments Stop Coming
The Florida Department of Revenue wants to make it easy for divorced parents to pay their child support obligations. They probably presume that the easier they make it to pay, the less effort the Department must expend to ensure that children get their due. To that end, they now offer online payment by credit card Read More
Read MoreCalculating Child Support
Issues involving children are perhaps the most emotionally-charged and passionately-argued in a divorce settlement. But when it comes to figuring child support, you can check your feelings at the door. Child support goes strictly by the numbers. (Compare that to alimony, which is almost entirely at the discretion of the court and considers all sorts Read More
Read MoreAmicable Divorce: What Lies Beneath
Nobody likes an ugly divorce. Not the spouses, not their children, not their friends and families — not even their attorneys, whose goal is to get the parties to agree. Unless you are starring in a reality TV show, constant conflict and continuous drama are not the keys to a successful outcome. To avoid all Read More
Read MoreAlimony Reform: Better Luck Next Time?
Despite overwhelming support by both parties in the state legislature, the movement to eliminate the awarding of permanent alimony in Florida met an abrupt end in May when Gov. Rick Scott vetoed Senate Bill 718. The governor praised some aspects of the bill but said he could not approve it because it was written to Read More
Read MoreWere You Prey to a Predatory Lender?
Anyone who has participated in a real estate transaction knows how it goes: Sign here. Sign there. Sign here and here and here and here. Initial this, that and the other thing. Then take home this huge pile of paper and put it in a drawer. Congratulations! You own a home. Unfortunately, the mind-numbing nature Read More
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