Tag Archives: Port Saint Lucie Family Law Attorney
Pippens Follow Rocky Road To Reconciliation
Florida couple Scottie and Larsa Pippen, who appeared to be headed for a very nasty divorce, abruptly told a Fort Lauderdale judge they wanted to get back together. In the days prior to a June 2017 pretrial hearing, reports had surfaced that the former NBA player had “cut off” his reality TV star wife,… Read More »
Making And Breaking Premarital Agreements
There is nothing fun about taking out a life insurance policy, and certainly a life insurance plan does not mean that the signer expects to die early. However, responsible people purchase such policies, to be prepared for the unexpected and help everything go a bit more smoothly in the event of an untimely death…. Read More »
High Court Clarifies Property Division In Military Divorce Cases
A state cannot force an offset if a veteran elects to forgo retirement payments for disability payments even if it affects the property settlement, according to a unanimous decision from the United States Supreme Court. In 1991, an Arizona family court awarded a woman half her husband’s military pension in a divorce settlement. Over… Read More »
How To Make And Break Premarital Agreements In Florida
Even if property agreements were nothing more than “divorce insurance,” they would still be worthwhile. After all, responsible people often obtain life insurance policies, especially after they start families, even if the likelihood of dying young is almost zero. But the fact is premarital agreements are much more and can actually strengthen a marriage…. Read More »
RIP Florida Alimony Reform
Florida lawmakers will not consider another spousal support overhaul measure this session, even though reform advocates and the Florida Bar Association submitted a joint proposal to the Senate Children, Families, and Elders Committee. Committee Chair Rene Garcia (R-Hialeah) said the body would not consider the proposal because lawmakers have “more pressing issues” to deal… Read More »
Changing Custody Arrangements In Florida
Like the ones in most other states, Florida family law judges almost always respect custody and visitation agreements between divorcing that both parties voluntarily signed and uphold the best interests of the children. The same thing applies to divorce modification. As a rule of thumb, most divorce orders need to be modified at least… Read More »
Divorce And Premarital Agreements
One fact that gets lost in all the Scottie Pippen/Larsa Pippen divorce tabloid spectacle is ta the couple had a premarital agreement which Ms. Pippen claims is invalid. Prior to the couple’s marriage in 1997, they both signed a premarital agreement that protected Mr. Pippen’s estimated $50 million estate; the former NBA star earned… Read More »
Back For Round Three?
After months of inactivity, and still stinging from two resounding defeats, alimony reformers may be up for another go in 2017. The Florida Family Law Bar indicated that it might sponsor another bill in the upcoming session, since a last-minute time sharing add-on probably killed the previous measure. One attorney wants to see a… Read More »
The Three Cs Of Mediation
Prior to family law mediation, about 95 percent of the parties believe that the process will be utterly fruitless. Most people reason that if they could have “talked out” their problems, the court case would have been unnecessary. Yet well over 70 percent of these same people resolve some or all of their differences… Read More »
Pippen Divorce Highlights Property Issues
In divorce papers he filed in a Florida court, former NBA player Scottie Pippen wants the judge to amend the couple’s prenuptial agreement and order that he pay no alimony to Larsa Pippen; Mr. Pippen also requested full custody of the couple’s four minor children. Rumors swirled about possible affairs on both sides, and… Read More »
