Strategies for Family Law in Florida : Leading Lawyers on Establishing Co-parenting Agreements, Settling Through Collaborative Law, and Staying Ahead of Legal Trends

Strategies for Family Law in Florida provides an authoritative, insiders perspective on best practices for handling matrimonial and family law cases in the state of Florida.

Featuring principals and founders from some of the states leading family law firms, these experts guide the reader through the recent developments in Florida family law, including changes in parenting plans, collaborative law proceedings, alimony, child support calculations, parent relocation, and the concept of primary residency, and the strategies for adapting to these new standards.

Highlighting the importance of understanding client motivations and setting realistic expectations, the authors review the steps for selecting the best format for marriage dissolution for each situation and creating a strategy that meets the needs of all parties involved.

In addition, these leaders discuss the impact of the economic crisis on the divorce process and share advice on working through new challenges, such as including testimony from former employees and splitting assets fairly despite a decrease in value.

The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating this currently evolving area of law.