Many residents of Fort Lauderdale will file for divorce. In fact, when you hire a divorce attorney in Broward you will often try to mitigate the impact of child custody, time-sharing and shared parental responsibility litigation on your children. The following statistics should remind you why it is important to…
Articles Posted in In the News (Divorce)
Children With Cancer Does Not Increase Broward Divorce Risk
Fort Lauderdale divorce attorneys have learned that new research suggests that dealing with a child that has cancer does not generally increase the risk for couples to divorce in Broward. After studying 978,000 married couples, researchers learned that that divorce rates between 1974 and 2001 were not higher amongst parties…
Florida Judges And Fort Lauderdale Divorce Attorneys Can’t Be Facebook Friends
The Miami Herald is reporting that Florida’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee believes that Florida judges should not be friends with lawyers on Facebook or other social networking websites. In the ruling, the committee held that when judges and lawyers are “friends” it creates a conflict of interest. The online friendship…
Military And Armed Services Divorce Rate Up
Many men and women from Broward that are enlisted in the military may find themselves in need of a Fort Lauderdale divorce lawyer. According to an article published in the USA Today and Sun Sentinel, divorce rates for soldiers enlisted in the Army increased for the seventh year. 10,000.00 married…
Divorces Are Slow In Miami-Dade And Broward Due To South Florida Economy
The Miami Herald is reporting that many couples in Miami-Dade, Broward and South Florida are staying together or appearing pro se (without a lawyer) because they are unable to pay a divorce attorney. Some divorce lawyers in Aventura, Sunny Isles Beach, Miami, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale state that their divorce…
American Academy Of Matrimonial Lawyers Reports Drop In Divorce Filings
The troubling economy may be downsizing the number of divorce filings in Miami-Dade and Broward county. According to a recent survery of lawyers involved with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 57% of attorneys have reported fewer divorce filings since the last quarter of 2008. On the contrary, 14% reported…
Florida Divorce Finalized For Missing Child’s Father And Stepmother
A Florida divorce court has finalized the dissolution of marriage action for Ronald Cummings, father of Haleigh Cummings, a young girl who disappeared in February 2009. Ronald Cummings cited an irretrievable breakdown in the marriage to his wife, Misty Cummings, who he married one month after his daughter went missing…
Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Files For Divorce In Broward
Fort Lauderdale police chief Frank Adderley retained a Broward divorce lawyer and has filed for dissolution of his marriage prior to his wife being sentenced for shooting at him for an alleged adulterous affair. Documents in the court filed indicate that a Christmas gift of earrings to another woman made…
County South Of Broward And Miami-Dade Has Second Highest Divorce Rate In United States
Monroe County, Florida which is south of Broward and Miami-Dade has the second highest rate of divorced residents in the United States of America. 18.3%, or 11,473 of Monroe County’s 62,229 have hired a divorce lawyer or proceeded without a divorce lawyer in obtaining a Final Judgment of Dissolution of…
Florida Husband Files For Divorce In Palm Beach After Wife Tries To Have Him Murdered
Michael Dipploito, a resident of Boynton Beach filed for divorce in Delray Beach after his wife, Dalia Dippolito, tried to have him murdered. Police say that the wife tried to hire a hitman to kill her husband. However, the person that she hired was an undercover police officer. The wife…