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Free Florida Family law case search tool. Current through October 20, 2025.

Plug keywords into the search tool. Get case summaries and links to cases in @Google Scholar.

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Collaborative Process: Clients Retain Power to Expand Choices and Create Contract Solutions

Retaining control over solutions expands what people can agree to do. Consider in the family context obligations parties took on contractually that a judge could not have ordered otherwise.

By collaborating, clients may retain power to control their future relationships. They may think beyond binary legal positions. They may expand options for settlement and achieve outcomes unavailable to them in other processes.

FAQs about Florida Collaborative Divorce: https://t.co/p4eTjfCfAh.

For more resources about the Collaborative Process and Allied Professionals throughout Florida, visit regional @CollaborateFACP groups:

◉ Brevard Collaborative Association
◉ Capital Collaborative Group (Tallahassee)
◉ Collaborative Divorce Professionals (Northwest Florida)
◉ Central Florida Collaborative Divorce (Orlando Area)
◉ @c Collaborative Family Law Group of Northeast Florida, Inc. (Jacksonville)
◉ Collaborative Family Law Institute (Miami)
◉ Collaborative Family Law Professionals of South Florida (Fort Lauderdale)
◉ @cpacflorida (Lakeland)
◉ Collaborative Professionals of Southwest Florida (Fort Myers)
◉ @NextGenDivorce (Tampa Bay)
◉ North Central Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals (Gainesville)
◉ Palm Beach Academy of Collaborative Professionals (Palm Beach)
◉ Sarasota Collaborative Family Law Professionals (Sarasota)
◉ @ChooseCollab (South Palm Beach County)
◉ @TBCollabDivorce (Tampa Bay)
◉ Hispano Collaborative Professionals™ (HCP)

For more resources about the collaborative process and Allied Professionals in the US and in other countries, visit the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.

For Collaborative civil matters, contact a member of the @law_collab.

Read more: Harness Collaborative Contract Power!
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For a statewide chart of enactment of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act, with links to their collaborative statutes or rules, see https://t.co/zqjOUr80k0.

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@SCL_Collaborate @ccsqrd @MSoboslai @MOsborneCT @CcdgGroup @uniformlaws @CollaborateFACP @ABA_DR @ADR_Prof @rmerlin_j On June 4, 2025, the Connecticut House of Representatives unanimously voted to approve SB 1283, as amended by the Connecticut Senate, to adopt the Uniform Collaborative Law Act in Connecticut. House: 148 Yays. 0 Nays. On to
@GovNedLamont.

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Call to Action! We are thrilled to report that Senator Will Haskell has started a process to adopt the Uniform Collaborative Law Act or Rules (UCLA) into Connecticut’s statutes. Please see today's email for instructions on how you can help!

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On April 7, 2025, the Connecticut Joint Committee on the Judiciary voted unanimously (41 Yea, 0 Nay) “Joint Favorable” for the Connecticut General Assembly to take up and consider passing SB 1283, “An Act Concerning the Adoption of the Connecticut Uniform Collaborative Law Act.” The Act was filed today, April 8, 2025, with the Legislative Commissioners’ Office.

The vote follows a public hearing held March 3, 2025, at which the Joint Committee heard extensive testimony and received and considered written testimony and other materials.

If adopted, the Act takes effect October 1, 2025.

The Connecticut Leadership, including Ceci Maher, Melissa E. Osborne, Steven Stafstrom, Bob Duff, Matthew Ritter, and witnesses, including Mark Soboslai and Elizabeth S. Thayer Ph.D., deserve recognition for their efforts.

Members of the CCDG: Connecticut Collaborative Divorce Group and CCND: Connecticut Council for Non-Adversarial Divorce who, for many years, have championed the Collaborative Process for dispute resolution - thank you for your leadership.

Thanks, too, to the Uniform Law Commission, the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, and to many Collaborative law leaders (including Kristen Blankley, Robert Merlin, Lawrence R. Maxwell, Jr.) who have continued spreading the word about the Collaborative Process and have promoted adoption of the Act.

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The Florida Durational Alimony calculator may help your Collaborative Divorce team develop support options.

Calculate (1) the maximum term for an initial durational alimony award and (2) the amount of alimony amended section 61.08, Florida Statutes would provide as a starting point.

From this starting point, in a contested divorce, a Florida judge would consider "alimony factors" and if exceptional circumstances justified an extended term or different amount.

MAXIMUM DURATION OF ALIMONY
If the marriage is < 3 years, no durational alimony
If the marriage is ≥ 3 and < 10 years, no longer than 50 percent of its length
If the marriage is ≥ 10 and < 20 years, no longer than 60 percent of its length
If the marriage is 20 or more years, no longer than 75 percent of its length.

A trial court may extend durational alimony under exceptional circumstances. To do so, the court must find by "clear and convincing evidence" the extension is necessary after reviewing the circumstances and considering the extent to which:

• The receiving spouse's age and employability limit his or her ability for self-support.
• The receiving spouse's available financial resources limit his or her ability for self-support.
• The receiving spouse is mentally or physically disabled or has been diagnosed with a mental or physical condition that has rendered, or will render, him or her incapable of self-support.
• The receiving spouse is a caregiver to a mentally or physically disabled child, whether or not the child has reached majority, common to the parties.

AMOUNT - STARTING POINT

The lesser of the seeking spouse's (1) actual need and (2) 35 percent of the difference between the spouses' net income.

For more information, contact a member of the @FamilyLawFla of @TheFlaBar.

For help with divorce finances, talk to a collaboratively trained Certified Divorce Financial Analyst at the @InstituteDFA or Certified Financial Planner at the @CFPBoard.

Get more information about your dispute resolution options from a member of the @CollaborateFACP.

#alimony #alimonycalculator #Divorce #collaborativedivorce #CDFA

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🚨Update: US Supreme Court reinstates stay of nationwide injunction enjoining enforcement of Beneficial Ownership reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act. For now, the government may again require businesses to comply. Read: https://t.co/THAnsN7u3C

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The right #divorce process can make the difference between choppy waters and calmer seas. Learn how #collaborativedivorce can benefit your family and future.

Explore options with @CollaborateFACP or @FamilyLawFla.

FAQs: https://t.co/ejcLUPp3WI

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Collaborative Allied Professionals can help couples sort out enterprise goodwill (marital property) and personal goodwill (not marital).

🚨For more about Allied Professionals, read https://t.co/FljdlZViVg.

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🚨Florida family law update - Method for Establishing the Value of Marital Interests in a Closely-Held Family Business 📢

On June 13, 2024, @GovRonDeSantis signed into law HB 521, which amends FL's equitable distribution statute.

New factors for interim partial eq. dist.

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🐄 Quench your thirst for insight about Florida family law.🥤

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Free Florida family law case search tool. Plug in keywords, read summaries, find case links.

For advice on Florida family law, consult the @FamilyLawFla

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On Thursday, April 4, 2024, Kentucky became the 23rd state plus the District of Columbia to adopt by statute or rule the Uniform Collaborative Law Act. Florida adopted the Act in 2016. #uniformcollaborativelawact #collaborativelaw #collaborativedivorce

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Parents may agree to revisit and modify timesharing after a certain date, without having to prove a substantial change in circumstances. That's what parents did in Perseo v. Donofrio, No. 4D2022-2706 (Fla. 4th DCA February 7, 2024).
https://t.co/9unlYT1Dwz #collaborativedivorce.

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FinCen's FAQs: https://t.co/esMscFKd8q
Beneficial Ownership Information Report (BOIR) form: https://t.co/DsP8CZfnDv

For legal advice, FL small businesses may contact a member of: @FlaBizLaw, @FLSoloSmallFirm, or @RPPTL_FL.

Your tax professional may also have helpful guidance.

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🔔 Compliance Alert 🔔
Over 32 million entities must file a Beneficial Ownership Information Report (BOIR) form with @FinCennews by January 1, 2025. Small businesses, LLCs, and corporations - learn what you have to do. #CTA #BOIR #FinCEN

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🐞 Connect the dots! Make a wish! Find what you're looking for in Florida family law cases. ✨ With this free case search tool current through the end of 2023, feed your understanding. 📚🔍

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In certain Florida family law matters, effective 11/1/2023, new Florida Family Law Rule of Proc. 12.285(c)(2) allows parties to waive filing financial affidavits with the court; they must still exchange them. Image: @ray_hennessy on @unsplash
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🤝 Discover the untapped potential of Collaborative Family Law through contracts. 📜✨ Harness your power to create agreements that express your family's values and goals.

Learn more: https://t.co/l9eTIZI97h

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Our free Florida Family law case search tool offers a view through the wooden posts of recent cases. Stay informed! Current through September 1, 2023. 🔍 #LegalInsights #FloridaLaw #collaborativedivorce

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