Cindy S. Vova Law Blog

    Florida law provides for deviations from child support guidelines when the payor parent has greater than 20 percent of the overnights with the child.  However, any such time sharing agreement must not only be in writing, but must be pursuant to an agreement either "approved by the court"  or  and order "established by the court."      In the DOR v. Daly, 74 So3d 165(Fla. 1st DCA 2011), Florida's 1st District... Read More

   The British still  require a divorce petition to allege "grounds" for the dissolution, including, among others, "unreasonable behavior."  The resulting allegations sometimes border on the absurd, and encourage more acrimony as well as unnecessarily airing  dirty laundry.    Florida, as well as all other states, have some form of "no fault" divorce.  Rather than encourage  divorce, no fault allows divorcing cou... Read More

Florida's alimony reform bill passed in the House but not the Senate at the end of the legislative session last month.  Alimony laws have changed in the past year in Florida.  What are these changes, and how do they affect your rights and obligations in a divorce? ... Read More

  A Pennsylvania Judge granted, in part, Jerry Sandusky's former daughter's-in law Petition for Temporary Emergency Modification of Custody, requesting that Jerry Sandusky be prohibited from seeing  her and Sandusky's son's three children.  However, rather than creating an absolute ban, the judge's November 7, 2011 order temporarily bans Sandusky from seeing his grandchildren without supervision.    The order also tells Matthew Sandusky to grow up and... Read More

       All of your personal information in a family law case is easily accessible to the world...unless your attorney takes the necessary (and required) steps to protect you from being "over exposed." ... Read More

Tips on finding a good family law attorney when you are shopping around.... Read More

Labor Day passed, the kids are
all back in school, and the chaos you call “family life” continues in full
swing. In my office, the matter we call “family law” is part of our daily
routine.

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Sinking in Sunrise? Under water in Weston? Homeless (almost) in Hollywood?
Upside down in Davie? Whether you’re in Plantation, Parkland, or Pompano;
Cooper City, Ft. Lauderdale or Sunshine Ranches, no neighborhood is immune from
the devastated housing market. When it comes to divorce, often the most
difficult question is how to equitably divide the marital home when the home has
no equity!

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