http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com General legal information from Fort Lauderdale / West Palm Beach based family law attorney Janet Langjahr, serving, with her network, all of Florida, New York and New Jersey Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:56:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Noncustodial parent and/or former spouse behind in child support or alimony payments? Well, Pennsylvania has come up with a proven, working solution. A county support enforcement agency cooperates with the state's job-finding and job-training agency. The state and county each invest some funds into the program. But the payoff is tens and tens of ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/sWOY_HNQLwk/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/20/support-collections-rise-dramatically-because-state-and-county-cooperate-to-train-and-place-unemployed-deadbeat-parents-and-ex-spouses-in-jobs/ Mother gives Daughter up for adoption upon Daughter's birth. Daughter has been in the custody of state child welfare agency for all of her two years. Father seeks custody of Daughter. Father is an American Indian. Father seeks to invoke the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which applies to children of ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/CBzYQGu_CXQ/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/19/tribe-thwarts-american-indian-fathers-efforts-to-gain-custody-of-daughter-in-state-child-welfare-agencys-care/ Mother and Father have 1 year old Baby. Mother and Father are separated. Baby has condition as a result of which his lungs constantly fill with fluid and then have to be suctioned out. Baby is in the hospital on a ventilator. Baby's prognosis does not look good. The hospital and doctors recommend taking Baby ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/HguNYRrqfyw/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/16/worst-parental-dispute-of-all-parents-ask-court-to-decide-whether-baby-should-live-or-die/ Police receive anonymous tip indicating that the odor associated with pot is emanating from a certain home. Police go to investigate. At the home, police find various drugs ... and a Toddler. Police contact the local child welfare agency (Agency), which takes Toddler into protective custody. The Agency tests Toddler for drugs. The test reveals ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/ncBcdJO9cZ4/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/15/baby-taken-into-custody-for-doing-drugs-protective-custody-that-is/ UK Grandmother is legal guardian of her two granddaughters (Girls). Girls' Mother abducts the Girls to Morocco. Unlike the UK, Morocco is not a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Abduction. Now Mother won't return Girls to the UK and Grandmother. The matter is in legal limbo in Morocco. Grandmother ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/abQhJzldab8/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/14/mother-abducts-children-from-legal-guardian-in-uk-to-morroco/ Father stresses out about meeting his child support obligation of $1,000 per month. It's not clear why. He has a job. Father is determined to pay his child support. So, to ensure that he has the funds ... Father allegedly steals merchandise from his employer and sells it to others for ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/QTG4Ty2uV-0/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/13/father-goes-a-little-too-far-to-pay-his-child-support/ Permanent alimony in Florida - and elsewhere - is getting old. So think a lot of people and so say a growing number of legislators. The recession, with so many layoffs, is just the straw that broke the paying spouse's back. Many simply can't afford to pay anymore. They are seeking relief ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/JZ8jfaOuiFg/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/12/permanent-alimony-on-the-defensive-in-florida-and-elsewhere/ Adults and children attend party in a park. Adults drink alcoholic beverages. One mother (Driver) reportedly admits to having three or four beers. Driver, with her four children, decides to take an evening drive, presumably home. Driver, it later turns out, has a suspended driver's license. Driver agrees to take three other children, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/QDwj615cwwQ/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/10/children-taken-into-child-protective-custody-after-an-evening-drive-with-mother-of-some-of-them/ Husband and Wife separate after an alleged incident of domestic violence to keep the peace between them. Neither wants anything to threaten Wife obtaining legal residency status in the US. While Husband and Wife are separated, Wife and 5 year old Son live in Mexico, where both Wife and Husband ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/w88j2gvlTco/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/08/us-court-orders-return-to-mexico-of-abducted-child-who-is-us-citizen-for-child-custody-case-there/ Children are taken into protective custody by the state. In time, biological parents' (Parents) parental rights are terminated, freeing Children to potentially be adopted. So, after their parental rights are terminated, are Parents responsible for child support for Children? Well, Alabama's Supreme Court has just ruled that they are. The Court's rationale is that ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/XGVaYt5t2-o/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/07/child-support-obligation-extends-beyond-termination-of-parental-rights-in-alabama-anyway/ When baby boomers or seniors divorce, the odds are much greater that the wife has mainly been a largely stay-at-home mother and homemaker who never seriously pursued a self-supporting career. In younger divorcing couples, the odds are greater that the wife has had a career of her own and has earned ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/XCWV3_89g-w/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/06/divorces-at-different-ages-tend-to-have-different-focuses/ Seventeen year old Florida Girlfriend has infant (Baby). Despite a difficult childhood, Girlfriend reportedly tries hard to be a good mother. Girlfriend has boyfriend (Boyfriend), who moves in with Baby and her. Girlfriend becomes afraid of Boyfriend. Twenty-one year old Boyfriend has considerable domestic violence arrest history. Girlfriend seeks order of protection, but doesn't properly ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/SsL7MiAwAew/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/05/florida-babys-mothers-boyfriend-on-trial-for-murdering-baby/ Spanish-speaking men (and women) in Smith County, Texas take their money orders down to the probation department's Spanish-speaking child support collections Worker. The Worker instructs them to leave certain fields blank, such as who the money order is made out to. The immigrant fathers have made their child support payments. But the mothers ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/uVxOiI5FoOE/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/04/and-yet-another-child-support-worker-allegedly-steals-child-support-money/ I previously posted on a case where a North Carolina court ordered children out of homeschooling and back into public school at least in part to compensate for the mother's religious views. In a similar recent case, a girl was ordered out of homeschooling and into public school because of her ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/UFlWbN0Vx0E/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/03/choosing-the-right-religion-uh-parent-for-primary-custody/ Turkish Husband and British Wife and baby Daughter live in Turkey ... and UK. Couple are divorcing. Wife flees with Daughter from Turkey to UK via Greece. Wife obtains an order of protection in the UK upon learning that Husband is in London. Husband makes application for return of Daughter to Turkey under the ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/ovWe_4cZ6tI/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/11/02/uk-wife-successfully-flees-turkish-husband-and-alleged-abuser-with-daughter-only-to-be-ordered-by-uk-court-to-return-with-daughter-to-turkey-for-child-custody-case/ October was first recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month twenty-two years ago. Twenty-two years later, here in Florida, two different mothers and their respective children are murdered in domestic violence incidents. Both families have histories of domestic violence. Clearly, the problem of domestic violence is far from solved. What are ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/7MFvzRFmpQo/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/31/domestic-violence-still-flourishing-twenty-two-years-after-introduction-of-domestic-violence-awareness-month/ Colorado has legal gambling casinos in several towns there. Father (or Mother) goes to a casino to play. And wins. Pretty big. At least $1,200. Maybe substantially more. Father (or Mother) gathers up their winning chips and goes to cash out. There's a bit of a delay. Finally, Father (or ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/uVQLUo8Ksyc/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/30/child-support-enforcement-befriends-gambling-casinos/ Residents of Maine will be voting next week on proposed legislation intended to broaden and simplify usage of marijuana for medical purposes. What does that have to do with family law? Well, one of the proposed provisions prohibits discrimination against patients in child custody matters. A significant number of people have ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/NMOABCHJuig/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/29/proposed-legislation-would-make-it-illegal-discrimination-to-deny-custody-or-unsupervised-visitation-to-a-medical-marijuana-user-unless-there-is-an-unreasonable-danger-to-their-child/ October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, as I've previously posted. A UK Husband allegedly pursued his fleeing Wife, each in their own respective cars. Husband rammed Wife's car and then set it on fire. Husband was arrested and confined until trial. Wife was too terrified to testify against Husband at trial. So Wife, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/_POpkfS-aAA/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/28/victim-of-domestic-violence-is-jailed-for-contempt-for-fear-of-testifying-against-alleged-abuser/ US-resident Mother refuses to allow Son to visit Israel-resident Father and attend school there for a year. Both Israel and the US are parties to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Mother opposes, ironically citing a provision of the Hague Convention intended primarily for the benefit of ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/T7j8ocsAIh8/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/27/us-lawyer-forms-israeli-nonprofit-to-support-return-under-hague-convention-of-abducted-israeli-children/ Some property acquired during a marriage is easier to split up than other property. One recently separated couple is learning that now. Wife has served as chief executive of a professional baseball team acquired during the long-term marriage. Since the split, Husband has allegedly purported to fire Wife ... and assert sole ownership ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/9rVY-0Kr6WE/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/26/community-property-baseball-team-husband-gets-half-the-players-chosen-blindly-or-randomly-of-course-and-wife-gets-the-other-half/ Four women and one man live in Mississippi House with as many as ten Children. The House is filthy and blood-stained. The walls are covered by graffiti. Dirty clothes are in piles. The landlord reacts, "I've never seen human beings live like this." He has served eviction papers on ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/WFnu8YWN5Og/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/24/little-ms-boy-with-critical-internal-injuries-is-rescued-from-house-with-five-adult-residents-and-nine-other-children-taken-into-protective-custody/ Mother and Father separate. Mother has primary timesharing with eight year old Daughter. Mother is a hairstylist earning a modest income. Mother had cancer as a child, but is healthy now. Mother cannot afford health insurance for herself because it is priced based on her childhood preexisting condtion. So Mother is unable to provide health ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/6TFcQ3dgZwg/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/23/mother-gives-up-guardianship-of-her-daughter-so-daughter-can-have-health-insurance/ Preface: In New York State, parents are generally legally responsible for supporting their children until the children are twenty-one years old. New York State Son, who is under the age of twenty-one, has a full-time retail job. Despite Son's employment, Mother currently helps Son pay his bills ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/NCZtti6oh_M/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/22/full-time-job-does-not-necessarily-emancipate-a-child-such-that-parents-support-obligation-ends/ "Panic rooms", rooms intended to be secure, even impregnable, were conceived to offer protection to homeowners in the event of a break-in by potentially violent intruders. The doors to the rooms are extra thick and strong, and can't be kicked down. In a county in Wales, UK, homes of high-risk victims of ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/cNkOvNwlOrU/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/21/panic-rooms-adapted-to-sanctuary-rooms-for-victims-of-domestic-violence-in-wales/ Virginia Husband and Wife separate. They travel to California to appear on Court TV, intending to get their divorce. Ex-couple returns to Virginia. Life goes on. Several years later, Husband and Fiance obtain marriage license. Husband and Fiance marry. Wife finds out. Next thing Husband knows, the prosecutor is submitting a bigamy charge against Husband to a ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/P2xQEK7ExEM/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/20/reality-tv-divorce-misses-the-boat-and-husband-is-charged-with-bigamy/ Parents in an intact family should designate in each of their wills a guardian for their children in the event of both of their untimely deaths in a common accident. As soon as their first child is born. If not sooner. No matter the parents' ages or ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/Pis_CS97ePc/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/18/new-parents-should-start-by-planning-for-their-childrens-future-care-in-the-event-of-their-deaths/ Wisconsin Mother and Texas Father have been involved in lengthy child custody case over 4 year old Son. Along the way, Father is held in contempt of court, with potential for jail time. Custody evaluations by Wisconsin and Texas social workers are very close to being filed with the court. Father ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/tRgqgLTfzPw/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/17/mother-stabbed-to-death-during-custody-battle/ Tennessee Husband and Japanese immigrant Wife have two children. Couple divorce. Wife is unhappy in Tennessee. She writes to Husband of her concerns that their children are "losing Japanese identity". Over the course of a year, Husband repreatedly asks Tennessee court to prohibit Wife from removing children from the US. ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/mNwxQq3oEG4/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/16/american-father-arrested-and-detained-in-japan-for-kidnapping-his-own-children-of-whom-us-court-awarded-him-sole-custody-due-to-japanese-wifes-abduction-of-them-to-japan/ In an effort to help more people achieve an uncontested divorce, a counseling center is offering mediation services with additional facilitation by social workers. Although referred to as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), the use of therapists and social workers really transforms mediation into an approach closer to collaborative family law. This version ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/83ei3wwslqQ/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/14/canada-embraces-an-adaptation-of-alternative-dispute-resolution-for-uncontested-divorces/ New York has passed a law that Florida and other states might do well to consider modeling. The New York statute, in effect, prohibits either spouse from moving monies or other marital assets without court order or written consent of the other spouse. (Except for usual business or household expenses ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/JPri_04Ge8g/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/13/look-florida-and-other-states-new-york-legislates-automatic-protection-of-marital-assets-during-divorce-case/ Lancaster, PA. Small town USA. Wholesome. Close to Amish country. Where an affluent, 40-something member (Husband) of a successful funeral home-owning family lived with his Wife and four Children. The Man had a string of affairs, finally becoming obsessed with one of them (Mistress). And so, Man allegedly strangled, beat ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/-UsAN2pq-1s/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/12/affluent-small-town-husband-obsessed-with-mistress-allegedly-murders-wife/ If you're in an unhappy marriage and contemplating or confronted by the prospect of divorce, you may be past caring about the whys and whether it could have been predicted at the time of your marriage. But a recent study sheds light on precisely those factors. And the results may be worth ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/XGLJSqucIXQ/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/10/putting-marriage-off-until-after-education-completed-is-the-best-protection-from-divorce-according-to-new-study/ Husband is a senior banking executive. After fifteen years of marriage, Husband, Wife and Children appear to be living the good life. Except Husband is having an affair. And so is Wife. Two actually. But Husband is possessive and unwilling to lose what he has worked to obtain. Wife is mindful of ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/OOOX03ew32g/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/08/uk-banker-allegedly-kills-wife-over-her-affairs-his-is-ok-of-course-and-feared-divorce-losses/ The agreement to live together should be about more than simply the major decision to live together. That's probably the easy part. Both parties also need to consider all the issues surrounding living together. Who owns what? How will expenses be met? Debt anyone? Is either ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/UKm08cXGVo4/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/08/agreeing-on-living-together/ Not so long ago in Florida, separating parents (and, if necessary, the courts) addressed "child custody". The term "child custody" has since been banished from the Florida legal vocabulary and courts. In the words of one Canadian commentator, Florida has joined the ranks of "label-free" settlements of parental responsibility and timesharing regarding ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/QLFI3KJORO4/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/06/one-contrarian-commentator-advocates-for-reinstatement-of-politically-incorrect-but-clarifying-legal-terms-like-child-custody-and-custodial-parent/ Old money, multi-millionaire Husband, Wife and their five children live in "ancestral" mansion home in the UK for twenty-odd years. Couple divorce. Wife characterizes Husband as a controlling, critical bully, responsible for her depression. Court orders fifty-nine year old Husband to vacate home ... and to stay away from Wife. Quite unseemly ... ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/FGL9cw6VxTs/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/05/uk-court-awards-wife-and-kids-exclusive-use-and-possession-of-marital-residence-and-bars-old-money-multi-millionaire-husband-from-his-ancestral-mansion-and-harassing-wife/ In Europe, London has the dubious distinction of being the "divorce capital of the world". Apparently, highly generous spousal support awards are very common in the UK, even in short term marriages. Traditionally, UK men were the ones paying out. But more recently, British women are often the ones writing large ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/larvHpoMRgA/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/04/in-the-divorce-capital-of-the-world-london-its-womens-turns-to-pay-manimony-and-thwart-and-agitate/ Two year old Son had developmental delays and a deformity of his head. Allegedly because Father shook him - twice - when he was just two months old. For that, Father was sentenced to four years of probation ... after pleading guilty to felony child abuse. And given custody of Son in 2007. Father's ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/R37E-H6jFS0/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/03/father-arrested-for-murder-and-child-abuse-two-years-after-his-toddler-son-dies/ Unmarried British Mother and Spanish Father have Daughter together. Daughter is born in UK. The family lives in Tenerife Island, Spain for over a year. Daughter has serious heart condition. Mother and Daughter return to the UK. According to Mother, Father encouraged them to return to the UK for family support. Both ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/9HW0UjrFFqM/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/10/01/hague-convention-on-the-civil-aspects-of-international-child-abduction-is-wielded-to-compel-little-girl-with-heart-condition-to-travel-back-to-court-on-spanish-island-after-allegedly-being-ignored-by/ Husband and Wife are married for sixteen years. During the marriage, Husband has a vasectomy. Several years later in 1992, Wife gives birth to another child, Daughter. Husband treats Daughter as his own child in every way. During the divorce, Husband enters a settlement agreement with Wife on custody and child support for Daughter. When ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/LHxAaPr9fHE/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/09/30/paternity-challenge-to-avoid-child-support-cannot-be-raised-indefinitely-in-maryland-or-florida/ New York Mother of three suffers from depression. Baby is hospitalized for "failure to thrive". Children, including Baby, are removed from Mother's care. Court orders that Baby's Uncle be investigated for possible placement of Baby with him. In Court several days later, the Child Welfare Agency clears the Uncle but cannot produce ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/PAvQ7o8o8bk/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/09/29/new-york-family-court-holds-child-welfare-agency-in-contempt-for-arbitrarily-retaining-baby-in-foster-care-for-nine-days-instead-of-placing-her-with-her-uncle-as-ordered/ I've previously posted, more than once, about mediation, a very common route to a Florida uncontested divorce, and collaborative law, a trendy, generally higher-end path to a Florida uncontested divorce. A California attorney attaches yet another label to yet another path to an uncontested divorce: the cooperative divorce law approach. What's that? Cooperative ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/y-RHQ-8d57Q/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/09/27/cooperative-divorce-law-yet-another-path-to-a-florida-uncontested-divorce/ Victims of domestic violence in California are finding it less hospitable than ever to live there. Faced with severe budget deficits, the governor virtually eliminated the budget previously allocated to services to victims of domestic violence. The magnitude of the cutbacks far outstrips other struggling states. Now shelters are feeling the same level ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/JscXy__wt4U/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/09/26/victims-of-domestic-abuse-in-california-get-slammed-again-by-gutted-state-budget-for-domestic-violence-services/ Newly released US Census statistics also reveal that three of the ten US counties where divorced residents are found in greatest numbers are right here in Florida. Those three Florida counties with the most divorced folks are Monroe, home of the (in)famous Keys, to our South Pinellas, home of Tampa / St. Pete, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FloridaDivorceChildCustodyDomesticViolenceLawLawyerBocaRaton/~3/gpUHLgkHp_s/ http://www.fladivorcelawblog.com/2009/09/25/florida-is-home-to-three-of-the-ten-us-counties-with-the-greatest-concentrations-of-divorced-residents/