by Robert Erickson | Sep 29, 2026 | Enforcement & Contempt, Family Law
The judgment said your former spouse owes you an equalizing payment. The deadline passed. Nothing arrived, no explanation came, and the obvious move seems to be a motion for contempt, because that is what people do when a court order is ignored. In Florida that motion...
by Robert Erickson | Sep 25, 2026 | Family Law, Family Law Modifications
The parenting plan was built around a nine-to-five job that no longer exists. A promotion brought travel. A new position runs nights. A layoff turned into shift work at a hospital, and the Tuesday and Thursday exchanges the plan specifies now fall in the middle of a...
by Robert Erickson | Sep 22, 2026 | Alimony, Family Law
A divorce in Miami-Dade can take the better part of a year, and sometimes considerably longer. The question nobody asks at the consultation but everybody faces within about six weeks is how the household functions in the meantime, particularly where one spouse earned...
by Robert Erickson | Sep 18, 2026 | Child Support, Family Law
A parent moves out in March. Nothing gets filed for two years because the arrangement mostly works, money changes hands informally, and nobody wants a court involved. Then something breaks down, a petition finally gets filed, and the first order includes a number...
by Robert Erickson | Sep 15, 2026 | Family Law, Property Division
The account statement has one name on it. The contributions came out of one paycheck. The employer set it up, the employee funded it, and for twenty years nobody else thought about it. Then a divorce petition gets filed and that account turns out to be one of the...
by Robert Erickson | Sep 11, 2026 | Child Custody & Time-Sharing, Family Law
An order comes out of a hearing and the time with your children is now conditional. A third party has to be present. The visits happen at a center, on someone else’s schedule, with someone taking notes. For a parent who expected a schedule and got a supervision...
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