Often times, a couple’s largest asset and/or liability is the marital home. In many cases, when a couple contemplates divorce, they agree to sell the home and use the proceeds to pay off their marital debt and divide whatever is left. However sometimes, one party wishes to keep the marital home. This can affect the […]
Month: November 2016
Mitchell vs. Mitchell
In Mitchell vs. Mitchell, a domestic violence injunction was reversed because it was not supported by competent substantial evidence. Phone calls and text messages have been found by Florida courts to constitute general harassment and therefore insufficient to ground an injunction. Similarly, verbal violence, mental instability, a bad temper, depressive and suicidal statements, angry messages, […]
When Can A Prenuptial Agreement Be Overturned?
When we last discussed prenuptial agreements in this blog, we focused primarily on the creation and enforceability of such agreements, and uncovered that a valid premarital agreement may be unenforceable for a variety of reasons pursuant to Florida Statute 61.079. So how does this actually play out in real life? Within this blog, we now […]