Divorce Advice – Chris LaFrance Tampa Divorce Lawyer

December 10, 2015

Divorce Advice – Chris LaFrance Tampa Divorce Lawyer

We understand how overwhelming and scary divorcing your spouse can feel. It’s hard to think clearly and make good decisions during a highly charged emotional time. Every time I have an alimony modification or custody modification client hire me, I hear, “Looking back I wished I had done things differently.” It’s only once they move past the emotional time they often see where the results of the stress and how it affected their decision-making process and ultimately, hurt them in the long run.

Chris Lafrance Tampa Divorce Lawyer is experienced and can share some important tips with you:

1. Hire the right divorce attorney – You should feel comfortable speaking your divorce lawyer. Further, you should feel confident that they are qualified to understand your needs and help you get the outcome you desire.

2. Don’t move out too fast.

Protection Orders and Their Impact Upon Your Divorce #tampadivorcelawyer

October 4, 2015

Emergency Protection Order

In many states, when the police encounter a domestic violence situation one of the two parties involved in the dispute is required or requested to leave the home. Often, this person is the abuser, although the police can be mistaken about who the aggressor is. In about one-third of states, police officers are also authorized or required to remove guns when they arrive at the scene of a domestic violence incident.

In some states, the police can give the victim (or person believed to be the victim) an Emergency Protection Order (EPO). An EPO is a short-term protection order typically given to a victim by the police or magistrate when his or her abuser is arrested for domestic violence. The EPO is generally for limited period, such as three or seven days. This permits the victim time with an EPO in place to request a longer-term protection order.

Marriage Tips from Divorce Lawyers #tampadivorcelawyer

September 28, 2015

Marriage Tips from Divorce Lawyers

Divorce lawyers see a lot of broken relationships. Speaking to both sides in these divorces, divorce lawyers notice some common themes that seem to have led to the break-up and presents some tips for making sure you don’t land in divorce court with your spouse.

Follow these seven marriage rules from divorce attorneys to make sure you never end up in any of their offices.

We ARE Tampa Bay Family Lawyers/ Divorce Attorneys

September 21, 2015

Get to know us- we live and work here in Tampa Bay! #tampaDivorceLawyers

When you go to a website, you immediately get an impression of the company. The impression comes from the visual layout and the content within the site. Often, we go to a website to get a feel for the product and what we might be ordering. We can look up the features and see if the product fits our needs. It is a little different when you hit a law firm’s website. Typically you have found a law firm’s site because you need some help, possibly through a very difficult personal experience.

In that case, a lawyer’s website can fall short in giving you a full picture of not just the services offered but the people that make up the law firm. These are people you will need to work with every day on sensitive issues that may be some of the most important of your life. We are Shannon and Chris LaFrance and we want you to know who we are and what we represent as people in our community. We live and work in the Tampa Bay area and we love this vibrant City and everything it has to offer. Our two teenage kids go to school in South Tampa and their grandparents live close by. We have a vested interest in ensuring the health and prosperity of the Bay area and that includes its families.

Divorce 101 #tampadivorcelawyer

September 21, 2015

LaFrance Law – Divorce 101

This is LaFrance Law’s Divorce 101 blog. An action for divorce is commenced by filing a Petition For Dissolution of Marriage with the court clerk. The Petition will include statements to verify Florida has jurisdiction to dissolve the marriage and state the grounds for the divorce (typically, the marriage is irretrievably broken). It will also include various requests for relief depending upon their applicability, such as requests that the court determine the issues relating to the children, including time-sharing and child support, determine marital and non-marital assets and debts, divide the marital assets and debts and possibly request alimony or spousal support.

In addition to the Petition, other initial documents must be prepared and filed, including, if children are involved, a Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act affidavit that verifies the Florida court has jurisdiction to decide the issues that relate to the children.

Avoiding Divorce #tampadivorcelawyer

September 9, 2015

Avoiding Divorce

Do you find yourself wondering, “How do I avoid divorce?” Please, read our marriage tips to help you avoid divorce.

Marriage isn’t an exact science, but some guys do study the dynamics of marriage for a living. These psychologists, therapists, and counselors get paid to watch and analyze couples—and at the end of the day, they use what they’ve observed in the field to help their own unions stick at home.

However, the best examiner of broken relationships may be divorce attorneys. They see what went wrong and it gives them insight in what to do right. Searching for some solid matrimony advice? Steal these proven secrets Tampa Divorce Attorneys have learned.

Divorce Advice #tampadivorcelawyer

September 8, 2015

Divorce Advice – Division of Property How Will We Divide Our Property

LaFrance Law’s Divorce Advice on the division of property. Many clients wonder how we will get to the bottom of determining what property the court will require a couple to divide. This may especially be true if one spouse manages all of the financial matters for a family or where one spouse is secretive about certain bills, accounts or other property. A spouse involved in a divorce is required to give the court information about his or her assets and debts and income and expenses in a document called a financial affidavit unless the divorce is considered a simplified dissolution of marriage under Florida laws. In reality, however, a spouse will complete a financial affidavit in nearly all divorce cases. Courts have punished a spouse for failing to be honest about his or her financial affairs. In fact, there is no time limit for looking for relief from a judgment that was based upon fraudulent financial affidavits in family law cases assuming you did not know about the assets or the fraud at the time of the judgment. A spouse is responsible for updating a financial affidavit during a case where there is a material change in financial status.

Relationship Advice From Tampa Divorce Lawyers #tampadivorcelawyer

September 3, 2015

Relationship Advice From Tampa Divorce Lawyers

Why relationship advice from Tampa Divorce Lawyers? Every day the divorce lawyers at LaFrance Law we are confronted with the reasons on why marriages fail. So, who better to offer marriage advice than those who contend with the end of it, every singe day? Read on for relationship wisdom bombs from 15 divorce professionals who collectively share hundreds of years of experience helping couples end their marriages. Oh, and Happy Valentine’s Day!

FLORIDA PATERNITY MATTERS (PART 2) #tampadivorcelawyer

July 30, 2015

THIS CHILD IS MINE—Florida Child Paternity Matters

WHAT DO YOU DO IF you have a child with your girlfriend and you co-parent successfully until one day she decides you may no longer see the child or she makes important parenting decisions you disagree with or she informs you that she is moving out-of-state with the child.

First, and this goes without saying, do not delay in taking action. It is critical that you understand how Florida law is relevant to your right to see and make decisions about your child and your obligation to take care of that child. In Florida, the mother of a child born out of wedlock is the natural guardian of the child. To obtain your rights to visitation/custody/time-sharing and other parental privileges you must first establish your paternity. “Paternity” is legal versus biological fatherhood. Until a biological father establishes his paternity, he has no rights and/or obligations to the child. As discussed in detail in Part 1 of this series, if you are the father and you have not established your legal parental rights, you can establish your paternity through an Administrative Paternity Order or a Judicial Paternity Order if you did not sign an Acknowledgement of Paternity when the child was born. Beware, the Administrative Paternity Order and the Acknowledgement of Paternity DO NOT establish or set forth your time-sharing or other parental privileges.

FLORIDA PATERNITY MATTERS (Part 1) #tampadivorcelawyer

July 27, 2015

THIS CHILD IS MINE—FLORIDA PATERNITY MATTERS (Part 1)

WHAT DO YOU DO IF a process server hands you a Notice of Proceeding to Establish Administrative Support Order.

First, and this goes without saying, do not delay in taking action. It is vital to understand how Florida law is relevant to your paternal rights and obligations. The Notice of Proceeding to Establish Administrative Support is prepared by the Florida Department of Revenue and is an attempt to have you pay child support. Beware of this administrative proceeding. The administrative tribunal does not have the jurisdiction to award you visitation/custody/time-sharing and other important parental rights. This tribunal can simply determine paternity and order you to pay support, meaning you could be left in a position where you have financial obligations, but no rights as it relates to visitation or custody.

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