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Many times when a client meets with their family law attorney in Fort Lauderdale, they question whether an asset is marital or non-marital. They also question their rights to the future income of marital and non-marital assets. In the case of Morenberg v. Morenberg, the Fourth District Court of Appeal recently addressed the wife’s entitlement to equitable distribution of royalties from labor which took place after she filed her Florida marital and family law case.

On August 20, 2008, the wife filed for divorce after being married for 46 years to the husband, an English professor. After the filing of the petition for dissolution of marriage, the husband began working on the fourth edition of one of his books. In the final judgment of dissolution of marriage, the trial court ordered that the parties were to equally divide the royalties from two books that he wrote while he was an English professor, one of which he wrote after the filing of the petition for dissolution of marriage.

At the trial, the husband testified that he began working on the second book in December 2008 or January 2009. He also testified that he finished the book one day before trial. On the otherhand, the wife testified that there was no post-dissolution of marriage labor related to the husband’s second book. She believed that all of the husband’s labor occurred prior to trial and the final judgment of dissolution of marriage.

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Many years ago, men worked while most women stayed at the home taking care of the household and children. The attitiudes of how society views women working has changed. Yet, the pressure for men to remain the breadwinners remains strong.

A recent study in the American Journal of Sociology indicats that unemployment in a marriage is a strong predictor of divorce. For some men, they do not feel that it is acceptable to stay home and raise the children while their wife is the sole financial provider.

Women who are unhappily married are more likely to hire a divorce attorney in Broward when they are working instead of if they are unemployed. The study indicated that employment had no bearing on whether or not a woman would proceed with a dissolution of marriage.

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Last Friday a ten year old autistic boy was abandoned at Broward General Medical Center. This weekend the mother of this child appeared before Circuit Judge Marina Garcia-Wood, a marital and family law Judge, at the Broward Courthouse for a child custody hearing. At thea hearing, the court wanted an explanation why her ten year old son, Benjamin, was found wandering around an emergency room on Friday.

The mother told the judge that she suffers from bipolar depression and recently separated from her husband. She has two other children, is unemployed and was recently evicted from her foreclosed home. Mrs. Benjamin dropped the minor child off at the hospital because she could not take care of him or find assistance to help her with the minor child.

While the boy’s father travelled from his residence in Islamorada after hearing that his son was abandoned, the minor child has been placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families pending a complete investigation. He has been taken to a foster home for children with special needs so that he can receive the services that he needs.

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Often parents do not know what to expect during their divorce. Wifes tend to believe that their divorce lawyer in Miami are their emotional therapists. Husbands tend to treat their divorce as a business transaction. If child custody, time-sharing or a parenting plan is at issue, mothers often exhibit anxiety and outrage which inhibits their ability to think clearly.

Unfortunately, some South Florida divorce litigants have difficulty compromising. If your case involves a violent or abusive spouse or one who is intentionally impoverishing his or her family by not providing alimony or child support, you should considering hiring an attorney to handle the complex legal issues involved in your divorce in Fort Lauderdale.

In some cases, a husband can take the wife’s jewelry, pictures and inherited gifts. He can cancel a credit card so when the wife attempts to buy groceries the transaction is declined. Even worse, the husband can take all of the financial data prior to the filing of a divorce.

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There is a stigma about being married in your 20’s, and it is not that your getting married too young, it is that being getting married while in your 20’s has a high divorce rate. The divorce rate is not 70, or even 80% it is somewhere near 50% for people married in their 20’s. That means that almost 50% of people you know who get married in their 20’s will need a divorce attorney in Fort Lauderdale.

Broward divorce attorneys are seeing an increase of people in their 20’s coming to their office. Is there a stigma for those people who are divorced in their 20’s? The short answer is no. There is no sign over your head at that says you are recently divorced. But it is difficult for someone who has been dating the same person for 8 years to get back into the single life. Clearly it is easier for someone who lives in an urban environment to meet new people, but it cannot be very simple. Before you get back to dating make sure you confirm with your Florida marital and family lawyer that your divorce is finalized.

A divorce in your 20’s is still a divorce. It is just like any other breakup except that there are legal issues involved such as alimony and equitable distribution. But once you resolve those issues, you are a single individual who can choose whether or not you will date again.

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When many people think of virginity they think of teenage years, high school, or even college. They think of how it may affect their social lives, popularity, or a memorable moment they will remember forever. What they do not think about is how will loosing ones virginity may affect their future marriage.

A recent study by the University of Iowa found out some very shocking news correlating the time when women lost their virginity, to current divorce rates. This study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family surveyed close to 4,000 women.

The study found that women who had lost their virginity in their teens had a shockingly high divorce rate once married. Within 5 years of being married, those women who lost their virginity in their teens had a 31 percent divorce rate. Within 10 years of being married, those same women had a 47 percent divorce rate. This rate alone illustrates that among women in this study almost 50 percent of women who lost their virginity in their teenage years statically should be divorced within 10 years of their marriage.

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Long before a person hires a marital and family lawyer in Fort Lauderdale to handle their divorce, they were once a newlywed committed to a life long marriage. Research shows that 50% of married couples will seek a dissolution of marriage. In order to avoid becoming another statistic, it is important to have an open financial relationship with your spouse.

Many couples do not want to become another statistic. Since finances are the leading cause of divorce in Broward, it is a good idea to discuss a budget before and during your marriage. Married couples who discuss their finances and create a budget tend to have a stronger relationship.

The lack of budgeting can cause people to argue. Financial planners recommend that married couples permit savings to become a part of their monthly budget. It is important to take proactive steps before commingling money. In some cases, it is also suggested that there is a his, hers and joint bank account.

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Clients will often call their divorce lawyer in Fort Lauderdale and complain about time-sharing scheduling difficulties, missed appointments for their children and other parenting plan problems. Miami marital and family lawyers also hear complaints that one party has sent inappropriate text messages and emails or has requested reimbursement of unauthorized dental and doctor bills. These problems result in expensive court battles with children stuck in the middle of their parents disputes.

Websites are now available to assist parents in being more efficient with their parenting plan and minimizing conflict. Messages are saved in order to avoid conflicting stories from litigants.

In Broward and Miami-Dade, marital and family lawyers request that the court order parents to use websites such as OurFamilyWizard.com and Sharekids.com to communicate with each other in a more effective manner. While these websites permit therapists, lawyers and parenting coordinators to view the site, they also assist in the resolution of child custody disputes without litigation.

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Many children from divorced parents experience difficulties with math and social skills. Emotionally, they experience anxiety and depression. While parents predivorce problems do not influence their kid’s social and academic progress, children fall behind and fail to catch up for at least two years after their parents divorce in Miami or Fort Lauderdale.

Research now shows that divorce is very difficult for children. The stress can double a kid’s risk of a stroke. In a recent university study, children were followed from kindergarten until eighth grade. Researchers followed children whose parents divorced between their kindergarten and third-grade years compared with 3,433 children from intact homes.

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Richard Brown, a suspended Florida lawyer, is charged with hacking into his wife’s email account. He is accused of gaining access to thousands of her e-mails. Some of those emails include conversations with her Florida divorce attorney about the parties ongoing marital and family law case.

Brown has been jailed since May 5, 2011 on charges of organized fraud and grand theft of more than $50,000 from his prior clients. He was suspended from The Florida Bar in April, 2011 based upon allegations that he misappropriated client funds.

Mr. Brown is also accused of passing worthless checks, grand theft and criminal use of personal identification information. Brown blames most of his problems on a difficult divorce case which is pending in Florida. Now, the latest accusations pertain to his intentional interception of electronic communications from his wife so that he could use the e-mails against her.

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