Category Archives: Fort Lauderdale Family Law
LGBT Couple Sues State for Making it More Difficult for Them to Start a Family
On August 8th, the New York Times featured an article on two brave lesbian couples who decided to take the state of New Jersey to court for making it more difficult on them (and others) to receive fertility treatments (and start a family) simply because they are homosexual. Specifically, their insurance company, Horizon Blue… Read More »
New Study Sheds Light on the Link between Work, Divorce, and Money
A new study recently published in American Sociological Review brought to light some interesting revelations that may be contrary to what most believe when it comes to how spouses’ earnings and the division of labor within a household relate to the risk of divorce, and how this has changed since 1975. While many might… Read More »
Back to School Anxiety
As kids get ready to head back to school this fall, many will experience a certain amount of anxiety, wondering to themselves: Will the work be too hard? Will the other kids like me? The anxiety can sometimes appear in the form of difficulty sleeping or eating, or even refusing to go to school… Read More »
New Study on Spanking Children: Will It Affect Timesharing Decisions?
New research suggests that the more children get spanked, the more likely they are to defy their parents and experience anti-social, aggressive behavior, as well as mental health problems and cognitive difficulties. Given that this is now published as science, could this end up having an effect on what a court views as abusive… Read More »
Florida Same-Sex Couple Uses Adoption Process to Obtain Equal Child Custody Benefits
On July 11th, The Ledger featured a story highlighting a same-sex couple relying on the Florida state adoption process in order to ensure that both parents had equal custody rights with respect to their child. While this strikes many people as unfair–given that a heterosexual married couple does not require a father to do… Read More »
Results of New Survey on Shaken Baby Syndrome Could Have Child Custody Implications
According to coverage of a new survey and study done on the validity of shaken baby syndrome, a large majority of physicians view the diagnosis as valid. This newly highlighted medical consensus indicating that shaking an infant or small child can result in life-threatening injuries, coma, or death contradicts previous notions that the medical… Read More »
Splitopia Asks Us to Reconsider What Divorce Means
A new book released by Wendy Paris—Splitopia: Dispatches from Today’s Good Divorce and How to Part Well—is receiving a lot of attention, and rightfully so; today, many couples are getting divorced, so why should the practice still be stigmatized in American society, particularly when it is, as argued by Paris, very similar to other… Read More »
Is Parental Alienation A Problem Today?
Following divorce and sometimes contentious child custody disputes, parental alienation—where one parent poisons the child against the other parent—has grown to become such a serious issue that programs have now been developed to try and help parents actively work to avoid this phenomenon while moving forward in raising their children. Research has found that… Read More »
One Perspective on Solving the Child Support Debt Crisis
An interesting article published by Pacific Standard magazine on July 17th takes a close look at how much debt is owed regarding child support payments in our country, and, much like student loan forgiveness, what types of innovative programs could be established to help pay off this debt more effectively to support American families…. Read More »
Divorce & Social Security Spousal Benefits: What Might Surprise You
Many people assume that, once they divorce, they couldn’t possibly claim spousal benefits on their ex-partner’s earnings. However, that isn’t necessarily true; in some circumstances, you can claim spousal benefits after divorce, even if your ex has remarried. There are a number of factors involved in determining whether one can continue to claim spousal… Read More »
