This number eight in my series of articles of things you can do with your children in Naples, Florida. Naples is not famous for being a child-friendly city but if you’ll peruse my various articles you’ll find plenty of things to do with your kids. So, whether you’re divorced, separated or just have the kids…
Child support and payment of the child’s expenses are determined by calculating the net income of both parents and inputting the total net income into this chart to determine child support. The more money you or the other parent make, the higher the child support owed. The more you make relative to the other parent,…
The Florida estimated child support amounts per the guidelines lists out a number for each total income of the parents. It’s as though the state of Florida is saying, “This is what it costs to raise a child at your income.” Anyone who has actually had children will look at that number and say, “kids…
This is the seventh in my series of parenting tips exclusive to Naples, Florida parents. Typically, I suggest an activity that a single parent can do with their kids that’s engaging, safe and fun. This time, I’m recommending an educational facility that does after school programs and camps. If you work a 9 AM to…
When Florida courts consider how much time a child spends with a parent, they only really count overnights. You could literally pick your child up from your ex’s house every morning, spend the whole day with the child, and then return the child to your ex’s house at 9 PM and you’d be the non-primary…
This is the sixth in my series of where and how to parent alone in Naples, Florida. Naples is not the world’s most kid-friendly city but me and my kids have been finding stuff to do and we’d like to share our discoveries. Whether you’re divorced, separated or your spouse is just out of town…
Whether you’re divorcing and were never married Florida state law controls how child support works in Naples, Florida. Florida Statute Section 61.13(1) allows the court to enter child support orders and provides some guidelines of what child support orders must include. The statue immediately instructs that the courts have the power to award child support…
This is number 5 in my series of suggested activities for you and your children when you’re parenting alone. Whether you’re divorced, separated or just have the kids for the day, I hope some of these suggestions will allow you to turn your time with your kids into quality time. I have been a lawyer…
After an order for alimony is entered by the court, it is enforceable by Florida courts. It does not matter whether the order was temporary or final. If an order was entered by the court with due notice given to the obligor, it must be followed pursuant to the details contained within the order. There…
Temporary alimony is an award of alimony that is made before the end of a divorce and and after the filing of the petition of dissolution. Temporary alimony can always be modified for whatever reason the court decides. Temporary alimony is extinguished however when the alimony award is made in the final judgment for divorce.…
