When you are in the middle of divorce, leaving your children behind and moving out can be one of the most heart-wrenching things you can experience as a dad. If a couple is able to work out a parenting plan in consultation with each other and according to their individual work schedules, it is beneficial to the children. The children will also be reassured that while the parents are getting divorced, their relationship with both the parents will remain unchanged, except physically. This kind of security is very crucial for the emotional health of children in general and young children in particular.

Almost always, as divorced Dads, men are required to pay child support for their children along with alimony for their ex-wives. In some cases, even after the man has been proved as not being the biological father, courts contend that as he was the father during the marriage, he should continue to foot the bill. In recent years, after many such cases coming to light in the wake of DNA evidence, there has been uproar from men asking to be exempted from child support if the child is not theirs.

Generally, the proceeds of a civil lawsuit are divided into different categories to address certain injuries sustained by a party. These can include current and future medical expenses, loss of income, pain and suffering, and loss of consortium. The question is whether a non-injured spouse is entitled to any portion of the proceeds of a civil lawsuit for personal injury or labor dispute filed by an injured spouse during the parties’ marriage.

Divorce can be an unfortunate part of marriage. According to the Settlement Board, the divorce rate in Florida for the year 2005 was 9 per 1,000 marriages; more than double the national average of 3.6 per 1,000. The traditional trend for divorce, as far as alimony is concerned, has been that men have primarily accounted for the lion’s share of alimony payment. In today’s world, however, more and more women are paying spousal support. Close to 4% of alimony paid out in the recent past was paid by women. The process of determining alimony is based primarily on the income of the spouse deemed responsible to pay.

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.