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Determining Contested Relocation

There is no presumption in favor of or against a request to relocate with a child when the relocation will “materially affect” the current time-sharing, access and contact with the other parent or other persons entitled to contact and access.

The Court will evaluate several factors when reaching a decision on contested relocation of a child.

The third factor the Court is to evaluate in reaching its decision is:

The feasibility of preserving the relationship between the non-relocating parent or other person and the likelihood of compliance with substitute time-sharing once the non-relocating parent or other person is outside the jurisdiction of the court.

Here at The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin, we have been helping mothers and fathers with child custody for over 30 years in the Tampa area.

We have also been committed to protecting children’s best interests while helping to advocate for their parent’s rights.

If you are having any child custody issues such as relocation, determining parental responsibility, time-sharing problems, or any other custody issue that may be causing an unhealthy situation for your child, or negatively affecting your parental rights, we are here to help you.

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Despite gains in education, employment and earnings in recent decades, American women still face a rockier road to secure retirement than men. Yet they live longer and are more apt to encounter illness, disability and the eventual need for expensive long-term care.

Economists attribute much of the retirement gender gap to “the motherhood penalty.” Women who raise children have fewer and lower-paid years in the work force than men or childless women, and “they never completely make up for the deficits,” said Matthew Rutledge, a research fellow at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

Divorces in late middle age may improve women’s emotional well-being — they initiate them more often than men — but frequently devastate their financial health.

Marriage combines incomes, reduces living costs and works “to smooth out the fluctuations, the job losses, the periods of disability, the years you took off to care for an elderly parent,” Dr. Rutledge said. “It’s almost like getting an insurance policy.”

Losing that insurance takes a financial toll on women at any age, but after 50 “there’s less time to recoup,” Dr. I-Fen Lin, a sociologist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, explained. “It’s hard to get back into the labor force, if you’re not working. And you don’t have as many years left to work and recover.” Moreover, older working women face both age and gender discrimination.

Read the full article here.

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Is a parenting plan required when parents divorce?

When parents divorce, the Court must approve or create a “parenting plan” detailing how the parents will share responsibility for the child’s daily activities and the time-sharing arrangement.

Designation of primary residential/custodial and secondary residential/noncustodial parents was eliminated from the Florida statute in 2008.

Here at The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin, we have been helping mothers and fathers with child custody for over 30 years in the Tampa area.

We have also been committed to protecting children’s best interests while helping to advocate for their parent’s rights.

If you are having any child custody issues such as relocation, determining parental responsibility, time-sharing problems, or any other custody issue that may be causing an unhealthy situation for your child, or negatively affecting your parental rights, we are here to help you.

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Remarriage To The Same Person May Be Considered As One Marriage For Alimony Purposes

In second marriages to the same spouse, the Court may treat the two marriages as one continuous marriage if the remarriage is for the purpose of eliminating the alimony awarded in the first marriage. See Cox v. Cox, 659 So.2d 1051 (Fla. 1995)

However, the Court should update the standard of living to the current period. Forster v. Forster, 11 So.3d 972 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009).

Here at The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin, we will put our knowledge and 30 years of experience to work for you, whether you are seeking alimony or defending a claim against alimony.

Being Board Certified in Marital and Family Law as well as being a Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator sets Gary Dolgin apart. He will put his expertise to work for you and advocate for the best possible result in your alimony case.

To schedule an alimony consultation with Board Certified Expert in Marital and Family Law in Tampa, Gary S. Dolgin, please call (813) 999-2772, and it will be our pleasure to help you.

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Determining Contested Relocation

There is no presumption in favor of or against a request to relocate with a child when the relocation will “materially affect” the current time-sharing, access and contact with the other parent or other persons entitled to contact and access.

The Court will evaluate several factors when reaching a decision on contested relocation of a child.

The second factor the Court is to evaluate in reaching its decision is:

– The child’s age and developmental stage, the child’s needs, and the impact relocation will have on the child’s physical, mental, and emotional development, taking into consideration any special needs of the child.

Here at The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin, we have been helping mothers and fathers with child custody for over 30 years in the Tampa area.

We have also been committed to protecting children’s best interests while helping to advocate for their parent’s rights.

If you are having any child custody issues such as relocation, determining parental responsibility, time-sharing problems, or any other custody issue that may be causing an unhealthy situation for your child, or negatively affecting your parental rights, we are here to help you.

To schedule a child custody consultation with Gary Dolgin, give us a call at (813) 999-2772, and it will be our pleasure to help you.

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In this month’s Newsletter The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin shared information about Senate Bill 1796 / House Bill 1395 which would change how alimony is paid if signed into law.

This legislation would do away with permanent alimony and set up maximum payments based on the duration of the marriage.

In addition, this Bill would require judges to begin with a “presumption” that children should split their time equally between parents.

This is not always in the best interest of the child, however, as there are numerous other factors that should be considered when it comes to determining timesharing.

You can see our March Newsletter here.

Here at The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin, we will put our knowledge and 30 years of experience to work for you, whether you are seeking alimony or defending a claim against alimony.

Being Board Certified in Marital and Family Law as well as being a Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator sets Gary Dolgin apart. He will put his expertise to work for you and advocate for the best possible result in your alimony case.

To schedule an alimony consultation with Board Certified Expert in Marital and Family Law in Tampa, Gary S. Dolgin, please call (813) 999-2772, and it will be our pleasure to help you.

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Senate Bill 1796, which was passed last Wednesday, would change how alimony is paid if signed into law.

This legislation would do away with permanent alimony and set up maximum payments based on the duration of the marriage.

One of the most controversial parts of this legislation would change the process for modification of alimony when people who have been paying alimony seek to retire. This could potentially impoverish older ex-spouses who have been homemakers and are dependent on the payments.

The ex-spouses who pay would have to give one year’s notice indicating they intend to retire and could stop payments upon retirement, except under certain circumstances.

This Bill also codifies a 50-50 presumption of timesharing into Florida law, which is not in the best interest of Florida’s children.

The Family Law Section of The Florida Bar immediately asked Wednesday that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis veto the bill.

Read the full article here.

To easily and automatically email Governor DeSantis about this important issue, click this link: https://www.votervoice.net/VetoAlimonyBill/campaigns/92547/respond

At The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin, we have been helping women, men and families in the Tampa Bay area with their family law issues, including alimony and divorce for over 30 years.

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Certification is the highest level of recognition by The Florida Bar of the competency and experience of attorneys in the areas of law approved for certification by the state Supreme Court.

While many lawyers may handle marital and family law matters at various levels, only those who have met the requirements of Board Certification are allowed to identify themselves as a “specialist.”

To be board certified, a lawyer must meet the following prerequisites:

– have substantial case experience
– have substantial involvement in marital and family law cases
– peer review
– continuing education
– written exam
– re-certification required every 5 years

When you choose a Board Certified Expert in Marital and Family Law, like Gary S. Dolgin, you can rest assured that you have the very best possible representation for your case.

If you need help with any Family Law issue such as divorce, child support, child custody, spousal support, adoption, visitation, or equitable distribution give us a call today at (813) 999-2772 to schedule a consultation with Gary Dolgin, and it will be our pleasure to help you.

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Permanent alimony may be appropriate when a party can demonstrate that he or she will be unable to become self-supporting in the future because of age or a physical or emotional condition.

One of the factors the Court must consider is the age and physical and emotional health of each party.

There are many other factors that must be considered along with this factor when determining if permanent alimony will be awarded.

Here at The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin, we will put our knowledge and 30 years of experience to work for you, whether you are seeking alimony or defending a claim against alimony.

Being Board Certified in Marital and Family Law as well as being a Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator sets Gary Dolgin apart. He will put his expertise to work for you and advocate for the best possible result in your alimony case.

To schedule an alimony consultation with Board Certified Expert in Marital and Family Law in Tampa, Gary S. Dolgin, please call (813) 999-2772, and it will be our pleasure to help you.

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Shared parental responsibility, in which both parents retain full parental rights and responsibilities to the child and confer and cooperate to make joint decisions concerning the child, must be granted unless it is shown to be detrimental to the child.

The Court may award sole parental responsibility, in which one parent makes all the decisions regarding the child, only if shared parental responsibility would be detrimental to the child.

Here at The Law Offices of Gary S. Dolgin, we have been helping mothers and fathers with child custody for over 30 years in the Tampa area.

We have also been committed to protecting children’s best interests while helping to advocate for their parent’s rights.

If you are having any child custody issues such as relocation, determining parental responsibility, time-sharing problems, or any other custody issue that may be causing an unhealthy situation for your child, or negatively affecting your parental rights, we are here to help you.

To schedule a child custody consultation with Gary Dolgin, give us a call at (813) 999-2772, and it will be our pleasure to help you.

Learn more about child custody by visiting:
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