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Types of Family Law Issues


Choose an experienced Orlando family law lawyer (attorney) to represent your legal rights when involved in family law litigation or disputes.


Family law includes many legal issues which relate to a divorce, legal separation, all issues relating to the children, property and asset distribution and so on...

On this page we have provided general descriptions of the various family law legal issues. These legal issues may be best served with the assistance of an experienced Orlando family law lawyer (attorney) in order to achieve your desired results in family law legal disputes.

  • Divorce / Marriage Dissolution: A divorce or marriage dissolution is the legal action of ending a marriage. A divorce can be either a contested divorce or uncontested divorce. Contested divorces are when the spouses do not mutually agree upon the conditions of the divorce and legally dispute them in order to resolve each contested family law issue. A contested divorce is when the spouses generally agree on all stipulations of the divorce and simply need the conditions to be legally enacted to amicably end the marriage.

  • Child Support: Child Support is payment from one spouse to another for support of the children after a divorce or separation. Normally, child support stops when a child turns 18 years old, unless the child is still a full-time student. Child support cannot be discharged in bankruptcy and is not considered as income by the receiving parent or as a tax deduction by the paying parent.

  • Child Custody & Child Visitation: While the premise is the same, Florida no longer recognizes the terms "custody", "primary residential parent", "secondary residential parent", "visitation" and the like. The terms are now combined to be referred to as Parenting / Time Sharing. Basically, the parent which the child or children resides with has primary custody, and the other parent typically is granted visitation rights, as agreed upon and enacted in court documents.

  • Child Paternity: Typically speaking, the paternity of a child is sought to be established by a parent once a child has been born out of wedlock or when there is a dispute of paternity by a father due to suspected infidelity.  Paternity is sought to be disestablished once it has been determined that a child is not the biological child of a parent who has been adjudicated by a court of law to be the father or when a child, which is not the recognized father's, has been born to an intact marriage. A paternity request may also be brought when a man has a solid foundation to establish that they are indeed the father of a child, when disputed by the mother.

  • Child Adoption: Adoption is a legal procedure by which a child legally becomes part of a family, creating a legal relationship, just as if the child had been biologically born to the adoptive parents. Through the process of adoption, adopting parents are able to make a child part of their family, legally and unequivocally, taking all rights and obligations of a natural parent. The adopted child assumes the rights and limitations of a child born to natural parents.

  • Marriage Annulment: In divorce cases, spousal support is based primarily on two important factors: need and an ability to pay. This gives the Florida courts have the authority to grant spousal support to either party in a divorce. The spousal support award could be deemed permanent or rehabilitative (temporary). The individual who is requesting spousal support has to prove that he or she really needs to be supported and the other spouse has the financial means and ability to pay that support

  • Equitable Distribution: When property has been acquired during a marriage, and that marriage is ending in divorce proceedings, division of that property must be negotiated prior to a divorce being finalized. Property division (equitable distribution) is extremely important consideration in any divorce because acquired property may not only have financial worth implications, but often also involve sentimental value.

  • Alimony / Spousal Support:

  • Modification: Child Support Modifications: A parent may make a request to change the existing court ordered amount of child support owed when a substantial change in the circumstances surrounding the support of the child can be effectively demonstrated to the court. However, any modification must still be in the best interest of the child or children.

    Child Custody or Visitation Modifications: A parent may make a request to change the existing child custody or visitation court orders is a significant  change in circumstances exist to warrant a modification of the current child custody and visitation orders. However, any modification must still be in the best interest of the child or children.

    Spousal Support / Alimony Modifications: A spouse may make a request to change the existing court ordered amount of spousal support / alimony owed if they can demonstrate a substantial change in the circumstances surrounding the spousal support / alimony which warrants the alteration of an alimony award.

    Post divorce or paternity: Generally, a 15% or better increase or decrease in the ordered child support will be considered a substantial change in circumstances

Each Orlando family law lawyer (attorney) listed on this web site, is well versed in the laws regarding family law issues, and is ready to provide you with important information relating to your family law legal needs.

Protect your legal rights by contacting an experienced Orlando family law lawyer (attorney) today. Your ability to recover fair compensation may depend upon it.


Experienced Orlando family law lawyers (attorneys) who professionally represent your legal rights when involved in family law litigation or disputes, in Orlando, Central Florida or throughout the State of Florida, as the jurisdiction dictates.


The Sharpe Law Firm
Phone: (407) 664-2569    Map to Office

 

The Law Office of Elaine Barbour
Phone: (407) 898-3150    Map to Office

 

The Law Office of Andrew Storie
Phone: (407) 838-0887    Map to Office

 

Robert Sigman, P.A.
Phone: (407) 831-0012    Map to Office

 

A Jay Fowinkle
Phone: (407) 926-4137    Map to Office

 

Christian Conrad, Attorney at Law
Phone: (407) 340-7116    Map to Office

 

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