Question:  Whether an administrative support order may be modified by a circuit court when the parties to the administrative order where married at the time the support order was entered, the parties have subsequently filed for dissolution of marriage, and the same children whose support was ordered administratively are subject to the dissolution of marriage action.

Issue:  Whether a paternity action can be filed in Florida when the child and the child’s mother reside in another state. Neither the child nor the mother has ever resided in Florida. The putative father resides in Florida.

More than one-third of all marriages end in divorce. If you are contemplating divorce, it is time to consolidate and protect your assets, especially if you don’t have a pre-nuptial agreement between yourself and your spouse. This is a highly emotionally distraught and upsetting process, and so you need a trustworthy and supportive divorce attorney who is well-versed in the family law in your state of residence to argue successfully on your behalf. Your divorce attorney should be from the local area so that he will know the district circuit judges and courts, not to mention their likely reactions to any given situation.

The following article was published on April 19th 2013 by First Coast News of Jacksonville Florida. The article is titled “should lifetime alimony be allowed?” with original quotes from attorney at law Kenny Leigh, written by Ken Amaro.

By Kenny Leigh