Division of Marital Property and Marital Assets - Installment Payments in Florida Although a trial court has discretion to order an equitable distribution award to be made in installments, the installments cannot be spread over too long of a period of time. "We...
Month: October 2011
Statute of Limitations for Enforcement of Alimony & Child Support
Statute of Limitations for Enforcement of Alimony & Child Support - in Florida No statute of limitations applies to enforcement of alimony or child support obligations; although laches can apply. "Florida does not have a limitations period for I enforcement of...
Paternity DNA Test Results – in Florida
Appellant argues that DNA test results, which showed that he was not the biological father of the child, constituted newly discovered evidence for purposes of section 742.18(1)... After examination of the text in section 742.18, we find that the plain language in...
Paternity Test in Florida
An erroneous order for genetic testing should be corrected through certiorari proceedings. "However, this court has held that an erroneous order for genetic testing 'cannot be corrected through a direct appeal, for the improper genetic testing requiring a blood draw...
Child Custody And Visitation in Palm Beach County, Florida
It is not in a child's best interests to rotate schools. "In Langford v. Ortiz, 654 So. 2d 1237, 1238 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995), this court similarly held that it was not in the best interest of the child to require the child, who was in the second grade, to rotate schools...