For many divorcing couples facing property division, the marital home represents the largest single asset.  However, if you and your spouse are co-owners in a family business, the focal point shifts. What will become of this important asset as the result of your...

Alimony, sometimes called spousal support or spousal maintenance, is often part of a divorce order. Judges in Florida routinely award alimony to ensure both spouses continue to have roughly the same quality of life after the end of a marriage. If you are thinking...

Before deciding to get a divorce, some couples choose to separate. This provides them some time to evaluate their options in perhaps a less adversarial living situation.  When choosing their future path, each spouse may put effort into identifying their joint assets...

Divorce is a stressful time for all parties involved, especially children of divorced couples. Depending on your children’s ages, they may not understand why you split from your spouse and even with an explanation they may still find it confusing. Your children may...

As a married couple, financial management is difficult. When you are going through a divorce, this can make your financial situation even more complex. No matter how long you are married, for some time, you shared your finances with another person. How can you handle...

The divorce decisions you make are going to impact you for the rest of your life. In the "heat of your battle," the right decisions are difficult, if not impossible. You may favor settling out of court. Or going to trial may serve you better. Your choice – divorce or...

If you and your spouse have realized that your marriage is over, you must now embark on the process of figuring out how to disentangle yourselves from each other. This will impact every facet of your lives from your social circle to where you live and more. Like most...

When getting a divorce, many people feel isolated in their decision. The other partner may not want to get divorced. Children may believe this parent is breaking up the home and may cause them to lose touch with the parent who is not the dominant caregiver. This can...

If you and your spouse have decided to end your marriage, you may dread having to appear in court where personal matters become public and complicated situations often become heated disagreements. Mediation is an alternative that has gained steadily in popularity,...

Virtually everyone has heard other people lamenting about what assets or belongings they lost to their former spouse as part of their divorce settlement. As so much attention is given to the division of assets in a divorce, it seems that many people forget or never...