by Robert Erickson | Jul 17, 2026 | Family Law, Property Division
One of the first things divorcing spouses in Florida want to know is who gets what. And a lot of people walk in assuming the answer is simple: split everything down the middle, 50/50, done. It’s a reasonable guess. It’s also not how Florida law works. The...
by Robert Erickson | Jul 14, 2026 | Child Support, Family Law
Picture two dads. Same salary, same city, same two kids. One of them pays $900 a month in child support. The other pays $500. What’s the difference? It usually comes down to one thing — how many nights the kids sleep at each parent’s house. In Florida,...
by Robert Erickson | Jul 10, 2026 | Alimony, Family Law
On July 1, 2023, Senate Bill 1416 took effect, and permanent alimony — a fixture of Florida divorce for decades — stopped existing for new cases. That’s a big deal. If you’re heading into a divorce right now, whether you’d be writing the checks or...
by Robert Erickson | Jul 7, 2026 | Child Custody & Time-Sharing, Family Law
On July 1, 2023, Florida rewrote the starting point for every custody case in the state. For decades, judges decided time-sharing case by case, with no built-in assumption about how much time each parent should get. That’s over. Florida law now presumes that a...
by Robert Erickson | Jul 3, 2026 | Divorce, Family Law
Two Florida couples can walk into the same courthouse, file nearly identical paperwork, and have completely different experiences. One is done in a matter of weeks. The other spends a year or more tangled up in court dates and motions. The difference usually...
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