Category Archives: divorce
South Florida Family Law Blog: Senior Divorce – No Minor Kids, No Problems? Boomers Facing Divorce Still Must Navigate Issues
At The Law Offices of B. Finkel P.A., we’re not just family law attorneys and divorce lawyers. We’re long-time residents of the South Florida community. We’ve watched our friends and their families grow older. One of the pleasures of a married couple growing older is growing old together. The kids grow up and the couple [...]
Pro Se Divorce Debate: Hire a South Florida Family Law Attorney – or Risk the Perils of Do-It-Yourself Representation
When facing divorce, couples have options. They can hire an experienced family law attorney who will protect his or her client’s best interests; or the sides can download fill-in-the-blank documents and handle their divorce case pro se, or “for one’s own behalf.” In this do-it-yourself strategy, the individuals advocate for themselves or on their own [...]
Fort Lauderdale Family Law Attorney: South Florida Women Facing Divorce Must Be Financially Prepared
It’s long been the lament of family law attorneys representing wives in separation and divorce cases. All too often, women arrive to this place in their lives with little to no knowledge of the family’s finances. Many have been homemakers and mothers to the children – with no involvement in earning an income or managing [...]
Fort Lauderdale Divorce Attorney: For Florida Alimony Reform to Succeed, Florida Needs Judicial Guidelines
Alimony reform has garnered much attention in recent years from family law attorneys and divorce lawyers in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton and throughout Florida. Attorneys for breadwinners ordered to pay ongoing alimony to ex-spouses have grown frustrated with seemingly unending payments. Some such breadwinners call themselves “slaves” to alimony. As long as they’re gainfully [...]
Leading South Florida Divorce Firm Adds Listings of Family Law Practice Areas
For Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Miami and other South Florida residents hoping to learn more about family law and specific divorce practice areas, The Law Offices of Barry I. Finkel P.A., recently updated its website to provide just that. The Services page on the firm’s site now offers in-depth explanations of various common practice areas. [...]
Fort Lauderdale Family Law Blog: The Benefits & Pitfalls of South Florida Divorce ‘Expos’
Expos seem to be prevalent across South Florida consumer markets. Home expos, outdoor expos, pet expos. As a South Florida family attorney, we’ve witnessed the entry of a new event: the divorce expo. Combining consumer interest, general confusion regarding family law, and a desire to learn more, a divorce expo can play an important role [...]
Florida Family Lawyer: Filing for Divorce, Signing a Post-Nuptial as Protective Fiscal Moves
Imagine the husband and wage-earner of a married couple has a big deal coming down the pike. Their marriage has been failing for some time, though they remain together. Or the wife suspects adultery, or has tired of the husband’s abusive alcoholism or drug addiction. In each instance, the mate wants to secure his or [...]
Florida Divorce Attorneys Confront Digital Snooping in Family Law Cases
The story is destined to become lore in family law. A married man had sent emails. But the messages that arrived in recipients’ inboxes – he later learned – differed from those he’d sent. The man – who was in divorce proceedings with his wife – suspected she’d meddled with the messages. He was right. [...]
Passwords and Shared Accounts: Make the First Move Key to Preserve Financial Protection
Several years ago, a woman came into our Fort Lauderdale family law practice for an initial visit to discuss her failing marriage. For two hours, we discussed her marriage and its apparent impending divorce. During that time – and unbeknownst to us all – her husband logged into their online bank accounts. He changed the [...]
Myths, Realities of South Florida “Do It Yourself Divorce”
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel recently had an article on the apparent rise in do-it-yourself divorces in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton and across South Florida. As family law attorneys and divorce lawyers who work with clients facing marriage separation and divorce every day, we believe the article offered some good insights and advice. We believe [...]
iPhone, Google Android Tracking: Implications for Family Law, Divorce Cases
Consumer advocates and technologists were all a’twitter when word leaked that Apple and Google had in their popular wireless phones applications that tracked users every move and location. Another example of Big Brother’s incessant invasion of privacy via iPhones and Android, they protested. Yet, what about couples in divorce? For divorce lawyers and family law [...]
Facebook Fallacy and the Divorce Debate: Is Facebook Bad for Marriage? Only if a Spouse is Bad for Facebook
First, statisticians said Facebook led to one in five divorces. Then, realists reviewed the numbers and found it was nowhere near that figure. In the article, Irreconcilable Claim: Facebook Causes 1 in 5 Divorces, the Wall Street Journal reviewed a recent debate about whether Facebook could be linked to 20% of divorces. While the numbers [...]
New Model, Same Protections: Florida Divorce Lawyers and Family Law Attorneys Advise Non-Married Couples to Use ‘Cohabitation Agreements’
Whether you live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or anywhere else in the country, cohabitation is like marriage without the certificate. You want to spend the rest of your life with someone, but you don’t necessarily want to get married. What happens to your assets, though, should you decide to leave, split up or otherwise part company [...]
South Florida Attorney: Prenups Are Important for Divorce – and Marriage
What is a prenuptial agreement – or prenup? South Florida / Fort Lauderdale family law and divorce attorney Barry Finkel discusses how this agreement can save time, money and aggravation if issues related to assets are resolved prior to marriage.
Fort Lauderdale Family Law Attorneys Debate ‘Lawsuit Lenders’ Who Fuel Divorce Case Costs
The New York Times recently had a story on divorce litigation and ‘Lawsuit Lenders.’ These firms are part of a growing trend of companies that underwrite the costs of almost any litigation – family law, personal injury, product liability, even whistle blower – in hopes of taking a percentage of the final settlement or judgment. [...]
Family Law Attorneys Favor ‘Easy’ Divorces for Couples Who Put Kids First, Affairs in Order
A Sun-Sentinel article this week spoke of how a Fort Lauderdale / Broward County, Florida, courthouse hosted Family Pro Se (Latin for do-it-yourself) Day. The “docket-clearing” session was designed for “couples filing for uncontested divorces and name changes on their own — that is, without a lawyer.” “The first-time event was designed to make what [...]
New York Times: Divorced Couples Co-Parenting at One Home for the Holidays
The New York Times had an article on divorced couples who get together as a family unit – with their children – for the holidays. This is exactly what family law judges and conscientious divorce attorneys are looking for during the holidays among divorced, divorcing or separated parents. It’s called “co-parenting,” and occurs among parents [...]
Florida Divorce Lawyers See Baby Boomers Turning to Pre-Nups to Protect Existing Estates
Before they say, “I do,” some couples are asking, “Will you?” A recent Wall Street Journal article on the place of prenuptial agreements among Baby Boomers — and others looking to protect existing assets — raises important questions. As the article stated, “Baby boomers looking to protect their assets are increasingly turning to prenuptial agreements [...]
New Book: What are the 7 Deadly Sins of Divorce?
Across South Florida and the nation, we’ve been told that 50% of all marriages will end in divorce. As family law attorneys and lawyers skilled in divorce, we’ve heard the statistic. But is this really true? According to a new book and its review on MSN, “Whether you are happily married now, or hoping to [...]
South Florida Family Law Attorney Discusses Facebook, Social Media and Divorce
South Florida divorce and family law attorney Angela R. Neave, of the Law Firm of Barry I. Finkel P.A., was interviewed on Comcast Newsmakers regarding the implications of social media and divorce. Watch as she highlights some of the trends — and warnings — related to social media like Facebook, texting and other applications.
Florida Attorney on Divorce, Alimony & Taxes
Tax time is here. If you’re divorced and paying alimony, child support or any other settlement or obligation in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton or anywhere else in Florida, what are the tax implications? Watch and listen as family law attorney Barry Finkel discusses divorce and taxes with a local television news host.
Florida Family Law Attorney: Facebook, Twitter & Blog No Place for Divorce Details
For many, Facebook is a compelling and engaging social media network. For those facing divorce, Facebook, Twitter, even YouTube and Flickr are inviting places to share details about your experiences: your separation, social life, maybe new-found freedom and even “hot dates.” All a family law attorney can advise is: Be careful what you post. A [...]
Preparing For Florida Divorce: How to Prepare for the Inevitable & the Unexpected
Sometimes, divorce papers confront a spouse totally unexpectedly. And sometimes, after months or years of bad chemistry and a relationship turning sour, there is no surprise at all. It’s in those situations – when you believe that separation or divorce might be coming – that it’s best to prepare for separation and divorce. If you’re [...]
Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren: Tips for a High-Profile Divorce
The high-profile case of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren has been splashed across tabloids and Websites from South Florida to New York and around the globe for weeks. There’s been discussion of his affairs, and her reactions – and possible outcomes. Lost in much of the discussion is how this case likely would play out [...]
The Pre-Nuptial Agreement of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren: Why Florida Divorce Law is Center Court
Many of the questions surrounding the high-profile episode of Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren have centered on the pre-nuptial agreement, alimony and the equitable distribution of assets, and how – or whether – Ms. Nordegren can fight to improve it to her benefit. Simply put: Under Florida law, which by virtue of their primary residence [...]
