Get help with your paternity case. Establish legal paternity in Tampa Bay. Consulting with a Tampa family law attorney is highly beneficial when establishing paternity.
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Safe Exchange of Minor Children & Parenting Plans Effective July 2024 In 2022, a Florida woman was killed after she agreed to a last-minute custody exchange. She and her 4-year-old daughter met the father in a restaurant parking lot. Soon after, Carli’s body was found buried in a shallow grave in Alabama. The father of the minor child has been charged. The incident sparked proposed legislation crafted in part by the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar initially died…
Parental Rights in Florida & House Bill HB 775 Under current Florida law, if a child is born to unmarried parents, the rights of natural guardianship defaults to the unmarried mother. This is called sole parental responsibility and makes the mother responsible for all decision making issues involving the child unless and until a court decides otherwise after establishing legal paternity. Doing so, however, did not automatically provide equal responsibility to both parents. Although not presumed in the Statutes, most Tampa…
How Long Does a Father Have to Establish Legal Paternity in Florida? Frequently, men in Tampa Bay do not discover that they’re new dads until well after the child is born. In Florida, unmarried mothers are under no obligation to disclose the birth of a child to the father. Unmarried moms’ in Florida have full custody until legal paternity is established. Florida statutes recognizes this and provides dads with “fathers’ rights” beginning with the ability to file a paternity action.…
Have You Been Served with a Paternity Lawsuit in Tampa Bay If you have been named in a paternity action, it will be highly beneficial to consult with an experienced Tampa paternity Attorney. Nilo J Sanchez & Associates represents mothers and fathers in paternity actions in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco County, Florida. Understanding that each paternity case has unique circumstances, we posses both mediation skills and we are experienced, top rated Tampa child custody litigation attorneys should your paternity case…
Relocating without First Establishing Paternity If you are a mother of a child who was born out of wedlock and you relocate outside the state of Florida prior to a legal action being filed, the Father of the child can file a Petition to Establish Paternity with a request for relief that includes returning the child to Florida within six months of removing the child. So, just when you thought that taking that fantastic job out of the court’s jurisdiction…
Tampa Child Custody Lawyers on Florida Legal Custody Rights and Unmarried Parents In Florida when children are born to married couples, the father of the child is presumed to be the husband. But, what are the legal custody rights of unmarried fathers? In Florida an unmarried father has no legal rights to custody or timesharing until paternity is established. Until paternity is legally established with the courts, the mother has sole, legal and physical custody of the child or children.…
Does DNA Entitle a Husband to Deny Child Support to His Wife’s Child? It might surprise many people to know, that in Florida if you are married and your spouse has a child that is from an extra-marital affair, the husband under presumption of Florida law is considered the legal biological father. Florida Law on Support of Non Biological Children can be best handles by Tampa family law attorney Nilo J Sanchez and Associates. Our Tampa Bay family law firm can represent…
Established Paternity & Financial Support In Florida, if you stop financially supporting a child because you have found out you are not the biological father, you could be in for a long court battle— especially if you agreed to putting your name on the child’s birth certificate. In Florida, both parents have a duty to provide financial support for their children, and that can mean children who are not biologically yours but children you have agreed to “father.” If you are in a situation…
Tampa Family Law Tampa Family Law Attorney Nilo J. Sanchez, Jr. has been providing high quality legal services to the people of Tampa, Florida since 1993. Attorney Nilo J. Sanchez & Associates PA Family Law & Divorce Attorneys strive to provide only the most individualized and caring representation for your family law needs. Our attorneys are committed to creating legal strategies that are results-oriented, always bearing in mind the goal is to make choices that will ultimately be in the…
Child Custody Lawyers Tampa Bay, FL Nilo Sanchez & Associates are seasoned child custody lawyers located in Tampa FL. A full service Tampa Bay Family Law Firm , our attorneys are experienced, knowledgeable, compassionate and aggressive Tampa Bay child custody attorneys. For over 30 years, we have provided parents with focused legal solutions and representation in high conflict child custody issues. We understand the complexities of Florida Family Law and how a determination of child custody and timesharing in Florida is…
How Legal Paternity is Defined and Established in Florida Paternity is defined as the state of being a father; fatherhood. In Florida, fatherhood or legal paternity is established with a blood test. Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) or a procedure called a Buccal scrap are two types of DNA testing, used to determine the percentage of likelihood that a man is the biological father of a child. Establishment of Paternity / Obtaining an Order to Establish Paternity in Tampa Bay,…
Child Support in Florida Family law attorney Nilo J. Sanchez & Associates has been handling child support cases in Florida for two decades in the Tampa Bay area. Our Tampa family law firm can represent you in a child support case in Tampa, New Tampa, South Tampa, Carrollwood, Wesley Chapel, Lutz, Land O Lakes, Brandon or anywhere in Tampa Bay. Attorney Nilo J Sanchez represents clients in family courts in Hillsborough County, Pasco County and Pinellas County. If you need immediate assistance with a…