Florida Divorce and Family Law
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Learn about divorce and family law in Florida. Questions about child custody, division of property, or the divorce process? Find useful information here.
Looking for Florida’s rules on marriage, divorce, child custody, and child support? Want to find Florida‘s state court forms and instructions and local court websites? Here’s where to start.
If you're going through a divorce, you have to make decisions about how to divide the property and the debts.
Florida law requires an equitable, or fair, division of property between the spouses.
In general, the primary factors a Florida court will consider are how much each parent earns and how much time each parent spends with the children.
For divorcing parents in Florida, issues of custody are front and center.
Alimony, spousal support, and maintenance are all words for the same thing: one spouse paying support to the other after a divorce. It's designed to help a lower-earning spouse--or a spouse who's been out of the workforce entirely while raising children or taking care of the household--to get through the divorce process and transition into being self-supporting.
Every state has different requirements in terms of how to complete a divorce, but all require a judge to review and approve the divorce settlement or, if the spouses can't agree to a settlement, decide how property will be divided and how parenting time will be shared.
Getting divorced in Florida is challenging in many ways, not the least of which is trying to find your way around the legal process. These articles, FAQs, and resources will guide you.
Service member spouses and civilian spouses alike should take the time to learn about the special issues involved in military divorce.