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Postnuptial Agreements & Florida Family Law

Post Nuptial Agreements – Florida Family Law In Florida, many couples choose to enter into prenuptial agreements. Spouses are frequently unaware that like prenuptials, postnuptial agreements are lawful but entered into after marriage. They are both legally binding contracts that clearly define and pre-determine what each party’s obligations are during and after marriage, should it end in divorce. Postnuptial contracts can serve to protect your assets but, they can also provide protection for specific relief in the event of the…

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Parental Relocations & Long Distance Parenting Plans in Florida

Parental Relocations & Your Long Distance Parenting Plan As a parental relocation and Tampa child custody attorney, we have represented parents who have needed to relocate in their jobs and for other reasons due to changes in our economy. In Florida, it is important that you get permission from the courts to relocate and part of that process will be coming up with an agreeable long distance parenting plan. In Florida, many divorced and unmarried parents who share time do…

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Florida Custody Rights Unmarried Parents

Tampa Child Custody Lawyers Custody Rights of 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 legal paternity is established. Although the Florida Law has changed with regards to equal parental responsibility or “guardianship” of the minor child(ren), until paternity is legally established…

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Paternity

Paternity & Child Custody Lawyers, Tampa Bay How Legal Paternity Established  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…

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