Who gets to stay in the house?

Aug 8, 2012 by

Question:  I’m married with four children, only one of them is from my husband. we bought a house (in Florida) together, will the judge order me and my children to leave the house since the mortgage is in my husband’s name only? State:  Florida Answer:  Florida is an equitable property state and the court decides all property split issues based on what is fair to each party involved. Florida divorce courts operate on the...

read more

Florida Divorce

Aug 8, 2012 by

As our fourth most populated state, Florida has one of the highest per capita divorce rates in the nation. The Floridians however, don’t call it divorce, they call it dissolution. As long as one of the parties has lived in Florida for six months, they can file a petition for dissolution without having to show fault on the part of the other spouse. All that is required is to show that the marriage is irreconcilable and broken beyond repair. The other side has 20 days to respond to the...

read more