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What is a Collaborative Florida Divorce?
You are heading for divorce, but would like to work things out with your spouse so that you don't have to go through the War of the Roses (a movie that was funny and scary at the same time). You hope that, despite your differences, you will be able to get through the process in a way that will enable you to get along in the future and potentially sit in the same row at your children's weddings. The problem is that you have some complicated parenting or property issues that could result in some real legal battles. Something called "collaborative divorce" has saved many a divorcing couple years of future anguish and thousands of dollars in legal fees. The "collaborative" part is that, even though you are headed for a breakup and a legal process, you both agree that you will negotiate the case and reach a mutual decision rather than battle it out in front of a judge. But how do you trust each other to do that? One simple factor makes all the difference. You both hire lawyers who have received special training in the collaborative law process. The lawyers agree up front that they will do all in their power to help you reach such an agreement and if they can't, they will resign from your representation. In this way, each of you knows that the other lawyer is going to do all that can be done to keep it moving toward settlement. Otherwise, the lawyer is off the case. Additionally, you know that your spouse is serious about settling because otherwise your spouse is wasting money on a lawyer who is not making any progress and soon will not be on the case. During the collaborative law process, many times joint experts are retained to help with compiling the accurate list and values of marital property and to make recommendations as to how to solve parenting issues. Bottom Line: Many people in our area of the state have been happy that they decided to hire an expert collaborative divorce lawyer to help them through the difficult time. (copyright Stann Givens 2009)
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A spouse who does not make timely support payments can have his or her wages garnished through the Florida Child Support Enforcement Department. The court orders that alimony be automatically taken from the paying spouse's paycheck. The court can also order that the paying spouse give the alimony payments to the Support Enforcement Department, which will give the money to the receiving spouse. The department acts as a third party which manages the collection and distribution of support payments on a statewide basis. If the paying spouse of child support or alimony fails to make timely and sufficient payments, the court can suspend the paying spouse's driver's license.
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