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By Michael P. Sampson
A Climate of Positive Energy
Valentine’s Day 1990. The founder of the Collaborative ...
Read MoreFAQs Florida Collaborative Divorce
What is a Florida collaborative family law matter? A dispute, a transaction, a claim, a ...
Read MoreCollaborative Family Law: Florida Favors Settlement Agreements
Florida favors settlement agreements of family law disputes. Parents may agree to take on obligations ...
Read MoreUniform Collaborative Law Act (UCLA) Statewide Chart of Enactment
Please see the statewide chart of enactment of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act (UCLA), with ...
Read MoreCollaborative Family Law Agreements: Parenting Plan Basics
What is a Parenting Plan?
In Florida, a 'Parenting Plan' governs the relationship between parents "relating ...
Read MoreDefenses to Child Abduction Claims: Hague Convention
A parent who moves with a child from the child’s home country to another country, ...
Read MoreFlorida Income Deduction Order Form
The Supreme Court of Florida adopted amended Florida Family Law Form 12.996(a) for income deduction. ...
Read MoreFlorida Parenting Coordinator Rules
The Supreme Court of Florida amended the Florida Rules for Qualified and Court-Appointed Parenting Coordinators ("Parenting ...
Read MoreUpdate Florida Beneficiary Designations After Divorce
What happens to your beneficiary designations of your spouse when you divorce? With few exceptions, ...
Read MoreRemind Employees to Update Beneficiary Designations After Divorce
Employers: think about reminding your employees to update their beneficiary designations after divorce. For multiple ...
Read MoreDivorce and Beneficiary Designations — Florida Statutes §732.703
Introduction
How does divorce affect your beneficiary designation of your ex-spouse of assets when you die? ...
Read MoreCollaborative Parenting Plans: A Child’s Prospective Best Interests
Collaborative Parenting Plans in Florida divorce or paternity cases may address your child's future best ...
Read MoreCollaborative Family Law Agreements: A Child’s Future Best Interests
Judges Must Make Decisions About Children's Best Interests Based On Present Facts, Not Future Best ...
Read MoreFlorida Parenting Plans & Events Reasonably Certain to Occur
When Can a Judge Look Ahead?
When ordering a parenting plan in a Florida divorce or ...
Read MoreChildren’s Best Interests: Parenting Plans Entail Prediction
Parenting plans govern parents' future conduct in relationship towards each other and towards their children. These ...
Read MoreCollaborative Parenting Plans: Extraordinary Burden for Modification
In Florida, parents face an extraordinary burden for modification of a parenting plan. This burden ...
Read MoreCollaborative Parenting Plans: Judges Must Safeguard Children
When considering parents' agreements, judges must safeguard kids. A court isn't bound by parents' ...
Read MoreCollaborative Parenting Plans: Anticipating Events Certain to Occur
Parents in Florida divorce and paternity cases may anticipate and plan for events reasonably certain ...
Read MoreParenting Plan Modification: Enlist Court Review When Events Occur
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A court has an ongoing obligation to safeguard minor children's best ...
Read MoreCollaborative Parenting Plans: How Will You Resolve Future Impasses?
Many parents agree to resolve privately future impasses if they can't agree on decisions for ...
Read MoreContingencies Parents Build into their Parenting Plans in Florida Divorces
For events you anticipate, can you build into your parenting plan modifications?
CN v. IGC: ...
Read MoreFlorida Parenting Plans: Agreeing to a Different Burden for Modification
You may agree your judgment will provide for a lesser burden for modification than the ...
Read MoreBeneficiary Designations: Checklist for Collaborative Teams
This Beneficiary Designations Checklist for collaborative teams can help couples develop options for beneficiary designations ...
Read MoreCollaborative Marital Settlement Agreements: Insurance Policies
On divorce, Florida law automatically revokes beneficiary designations under insurance policies in favor of an ...
Read MoreAutomatic Revocation of Will Provisions that Affect an Ex-Spouse
Spouses should know Florida Statutes automatically revokes certain will provisions upon a final judgment of ...
Read MoreCollaborative Marital Agreements — Beneficiary Designations After Divorce
Florida law revokes on divorce beneficiary designations that "affect" an ex-spouse. For more, read here, here ...
Read MoreFlorida Parenting Plans – Consent to Child’s Mental Health Treatment
How do parenting plans provide for consent to mental health treatment for a child?
What does ...
Read MoreParental Responsibility and Decision Making
Parents in Florida divorce and paternity cases decide if they will share parental responsibility and ...
Read MoreShared Parental Responsibility and Sole Parental Responsibility
Parents who “share parental responsibility” retain full parental rights and responsibilities for their child. This ...
Read MoreShared Parenting – Retained Consent to Mental Health Treatment
Florida law treats consent to “mental health treatment” for a child differently from other major ...
Read MoreFlorida Law: Each Parent Retains Consent to Mental Health Treatment
In 2016, Florida law changed to mandate, in parenting plans designating shared parental responsibility, that ...
Read MoreCollaborative Practice: Shared Parental Responsibility for Health Care
How do courts in Florida handle shared parental responsibility over a child's health care?
Florida family ...
Read MoreCollaborative Process: Clarifying Intent About “Mental Health Treatment”
Florida’s divorce and paternity statutes don’t define “mental health treatment.” When they’re sharing parental responsibility, ...
Read MoreWhat Is “Mental Health Treatment”?
Florida law provides either parent may consent to their child's mental health treatment. But, what ...
Read MoreLanguage – “Mental Health Treatment”
Parents in the Collaborative Process may consider using definitions of "mental health treatment." This article ...
Read MoreInformed Consent By One Parent – Florida Mental Health Professionals
When Florida parents divorce and share parental responsibility, either may consent to mental health treatment ...
Read MoreFlorida Mental Health Providers & Informed Consent
Under Florida Law, mental health treatment providers, and their professions’ corresponding statutory informed consent requirements, ...
Read MoreWhat If Parents Disagree About Child’s Mental Health Treatment?
One parent may disagrees with the other parent’s consenting to mental health treatment for their ...
Read MoreCorporation or Trust Challenges to Service of Process and Jurisdiction
By Michael P. Sampson (part 1 of 8)
What corporation or trust challenges to service of ...
Read MoreChallenge to Personal Jurisdiction: Service of Process
By Michael P. Sampson (part 2 of 8)
Service of Process - Effective Service is ...
Read MoreFamily Law Pleadings: Allege Personal Jurisdiction
By Michael P. Sampson (part 3 of 8)
For the Florida court to adjudicate claims against ...
Read MorePersonal Jurisdiction – Long-Arm Statute or Alter Ego Theory?
By Michael P. Sampson (part 4 of 8)
A spouse may attempt to bring in a ...
Read MoreLong-Arm Jurisdiction: Specific or General?
By Michael P. Sampson (part 5 of 8)
First Prong: Is Personal Jurisdiction Over the Corporation ...
Read MoreAlter Ego Basis for Jurisdiction in Florida Family Law Action
By Michael P. Sampson (part 6 of 8)
Alter Ego Basis for Jurisdiction: Piercing the Corporate ...
Read MoreJurisdiction Over Property at Issue in Florida Divorce
By Michael P. Sampson (part 7 of 8)
Jurisdiction Over Real and Personal Property Located in ...
Read MoreAffidavits to Support Challenges to Jurisdiction in Florida Divorce
By Michael P. Sampson (part 8 of 8)
Affidavits: Important to Be Prepared!
An entity drawn into ...
Read MoreDomestic Partnership Agreements: FAQs
This final installment of a 7-part series about domestic partnership agreements answers frequently asked questions (FAQs) about ...
Read MoreDomestic Partnership Agreements: Financial Disclosures and Privacy
This sixth installment of a 7-part series about Domestic Partnership Agreements discusses financial disclosures and privacy.
To ...
Read MoreSurvivor’s Rights on Domestic Partner’s Death
This fifth installment of a 7-part series about Domestic Partnership Agreements discusses survivor's rights on ...
Read MoreDomestic Partnership Agreements: The Home and Joint Expenses
This second installment of a 7-part series about domestic partnership agreements discusses the home and joint ...
Read MoreDomestic Partnership Agreements: Overview
This first installment of a 7-part series gives an overview of domestic partnership agreements.
Married and Unmarried ...
Read MoreDomestic Partnership Agreements: Support When the Relationship Ends
This fourth installment of a 7-part series about Domestic Partnership Agreements discusses support when the ...
Read MoreFlorida’s Collaborative Divorce Forms
In 2020, the Supreme Court of Florida adopted collaborative divorce forms. See Florida Family Law ...
Read MoreCollaborative Divorce – Rule 4-1.19
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This article discusses Florida's ethical rule for the collaborative law process ...
Read MoreCustody of Children by Extended Family Member Including Fictive Kin
Effective July 1, 2020, Florida amended its law on Custody of Minor Children by Extended ...
Read MoreFlorida’s Collaborative Law System
Florida's collaborative law system for collaborative divorce has four parts: a statute, a family law ...
Read MoreFlorida’s Collaborative Process Forms
On October 15, 2020 (updated November 12, 2020), the Supreme Court of Florida approved Florida ...
Read MoreWhy Jeff Bezos should have gotten a prenup & why you should too
By: Hanna Horvath, Policygenius
The richest couple in the world is a couple no more.
What ...
Read MoreDomestic Partnership Agreements: Separate and Jointly Acquired Property
This third installment of a 7-part series about Domestic Partnership Agreements discusses separate and jointly ...
Read MoreFlorida Collaborative Law Process Act, §61.55 – 61.58, Florida Statutes
PART III, CHAPTER 61, FLORIDA STATUTES
COLLABORATIVE LAW PROCESS ACT
61.55 Purpose.
61.56 Definitions.
61.57 Beginning, concluding, and terminating a collaborative law ...
Read MoreFlorida Collaborative Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.745
RULE 12.745. COLLABORATIVE LAW PROCESS(a) Application. This rule governs all proceedings under chapter 61, part ...
Read MoreCollaborative Divorce: Dividing Retirement Accounts
The Challenge:
In collaborative divorce, dividing retirement accounts can be tricky. Collaborative teams, usually with a ...
Read MoreSecond Parent Adoption – Florida Reinstates Same Sex Adoption
In the Matter of the Adoption of D.P.P., 158 So. 3d 633 (Fla. 5th DCA ...
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