By Joe Considine Originally Published in The Sober World “The Hal S. Marchman Act was the first law of its kind in the country to get substance abusers into treatment via the courts.” The opioid epidemic has...
Family Law Case Updates – March 2017
April 24, 2017
Alimony: Van Maerssen v. Gerdts, 42 Fla.L.Weekly D678 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017). Trial court erred awarding the Wife $6,500 per month in “undifferentiated support” instead of calculating child support and alimony...
Supreme Court Resolves Hooker Conflict
April 2, 2017
On March 30, 2017, Florida’s Supreme Court published its opinion of Hooker v. Hooker, 42 FLW S396 (Fla. 2017) that resolves the conflict between Hooker v. Hooker, 174 So.3d 507 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015) and Merrill v. Merrill,...
In 1995, Florida’s Supreme Court first adopted the Family Law Rules of Procedure. At that time, stand-alone rules for family law. Instead Board of Governors took the position “the Family Law Rules...
Alimony Reform Not Happening in 2017
March 30, 2017
According to the Sun Sentinel, Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Chairman Rene Garcia said he won’t schedule the bill for a hearing effectively killing any chance of Alimony Reform occurring in Florida...