by Robert Erickson | Aug 28, 2026 | Enforcement & Contempt, Family Law
Missing a child support payment is not the same as being held in contempt of court, and the distance between the two is where a lot of people get into trouble. Some parents assume that falling behind automatically means jail. Others assume that because they genuinely...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 25, 2026 | Family Law, Family Law Modifications
The alimony figure in your final judgment was built on a snapshot. What each of you earned, what each of you needed, on one particular day. Then life kept going. A layoff, a retirement, a former spouse who moved in with a new partner and appears to be doing...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 21, 2026 | Alimony, Family Law
Since Florida eliminated permanent alimony in 2023, four types remain: temporary, bridge-the-gap, rehabilitative, and durational. They are not interchangeable, and the differences between them are not technicalities. One has a hard two-year ceiling and can never be...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 18, 2026 | Child Support, Family Law
Three months before the support hearing, the higher-earning parent quits a good job and takes something part-time. The financial affidavit that lands in the court file shows a fraction of what that person made a year earlier. Everyone in the room recognizes...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 14, 2026 | Family Law, Property Division
For most couples the house is the largest thing they own, the most emotionally loaded thing they own, and the hardest thing to divide. You can split a bank account with a calculator. You can’t cut a house in half. So the question comes up early and it comes up...
by Robert Erickson | Aug 11, 2026 | Child Custody & Time-Sharing, Family Law
The weekly schedule is the part everyone negotiates hardest. Which nights, which pickups, who handles Wednesday. Parents spend hours on it. Then December arrives, and it turns out the plan says holidays will be shared as agreed between the parties, and now...
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