Special Topics in Marriage Dissolution and Family Law

At the Lasky Law Firm in Jacksonville, our experience and concentration on divorce and family law issues allows us to offer dependable advice and skilled representation on problems that do not come up every day. We can tell you about the procedures involved in seeking alimony or child support during a period of separation or abandonment, without filing for dissolution of marriage. We can advise you about juvenile dependency proceedings and useful alternatives to guardianship or foster care. To benefit from our insight and experience on any family law problem, contact an attorney at the Lasky Law Firm.

Our lawyers can advicse you and represent you in court on such matters as the following:

• Advice about legal marriage, de facto marriage, cohabitation, annulment, and informal or legal separation
• Reviewing antenuptial or postnuptial agreements to see whether they can be enforced in divorce proceedings on alimony or property division questions
• Advice about negotiating property settlements and spousal support issues to get the full benefit of tax attributes while minimizing the risk of problems with the IRS
• Child support, child custody and visitation issues concerning children with autism, physical disabilities or developmental disabilities such as mental retardation
• Providing for the support and care of adult dependent children in a divorce case
• Review or preparation of wills, trusts and other estate planning instruments in conjunction with divorce settlements and decrees
• Advice and representation in divorces involving active duty or retired military personnel
• Dissolution of marriage involving a spouse with mental illness or severe behavioral or substance abuse disorders
• High conflict child custody cases, in which one parent’s problems with drug addiction, sexual behavior or family violence might present problems with unsupervised visitation or shared custody
• Domestic violence issues, including how to seek or respond to a domestic violence restraining order, and advice about the effect of a restraining order on child custody or visitation rights
• Juvenile dependency issues that could lead to out-of-home placement of your child or termination of parental rights (TPR) proceedings
• The rights of grandparents and other relatives to visitation or custody as part of a marital dissolution

Florida law on some of these issues has changed significantly just in the last two years, and substantial revisions to our divorce statute and Domestic Relations Code are proposed in practically every legislative session. Because our practice keeps its focus on family law, our lawyers stay current with every proposed change. Long before a change is signed into law, we get a good idea of how it will affect our clients. To learn more about our ability to represent your interests effectively in divorce or any other family law problem, contact the Lasky Law Firm in Jacksonville.

Please note, all information herein is provided for general informational purposes only. The information herein is not intended as legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Different factual scenarios may yield different results. In addition, several other factors must be considered in each individual case, and those factors can only be ascertained by speaking directly to an attorney.