Interest on Child Support in Florida – Circuit Court Ruling
Paying Interest on Child Support In Florida – Circuit Court Ruling A payor is required to pay interest on arrearages in child support. “We also hold that it was error for the circuit court not to...
View ArticleChild Support – Department of Revenue in Florida
Department of Revenue in Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) can file paternity action against both legal and biological fathers. “DOR’s position is that it may file a paternity action against both the...
View ArticleChild Support – Paternity Testing in Florida
A putative father seeking to avoid a paternity test can raise the Privette presumption. A putative father seeking to avoid a blood test may raise the presumption in the context of his privacy interest....
View ArticleChild Support – Paternity Testing in Florida Guardian ad Litem
Trial court is required to appoint a guardian ad litem to determine child’s best interests. “For example, if paternity is contested, the child’ s legitimacy is at issue, and the legal father has not...
View ArticleFinancial Affidavits in Florida
Florida Rulings Child Support – Financial Affidavits in Florida Both parties must file financial affidavits for the trial court to award child support. “The appellant, Ari Palewsky, in this appeal from...
View ArticleChild Support – Enforcement Hearing in Florida
Florida Rulings Child Support – Enforcement Hearing in Florida A party who is called by his opponent to testify on direct, has the right to testify during rebuttal as well. “Accordingly, we reverse the...
View ArticleLife Insurance in Florida | Lane And Associates
Child Support – Life Insurance in Florida A court cannot order a party to maintain life insurance without a request from one of the parties. “It is true that section 61.13(1)(c),Florida Statutes...
View ArticleEnforcement of contractual Obligation to Pay College Expenses in Florida
Enforcement of contractual Obligation to Pay College Expenses in Florida Contempt is not available to enforce an obligation to pay college expenses. “Where a party is obligated to pay his adult child’s...
View ArticleChild Support – Income of Parents in Florida
The income of the parents, not the income of the caregiver, is to be used when calculating child support “Thus, it is evident that the income of the parents-not the income of the caregiver-is to be...
View ArticleChild Support – Agreements between the parties in Florida
Child Support A Court is not bound by an agreement between the parties concerning child support. “It is undisputed, and should be indisputable, that a trial court’s responsibility to the child cannot...
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