South Florida Family Law Lawyer

In general, family law attorneys deal with matters involving the family court, including domestic relationships and family-related matters. But this definition covers more than people think. Cases involving family law can be immensely adversarial, where multiple family members do not agree on crucial issues like child custody, child support, or divorce.

Other family law cases are more amicable and cooperative, in which family members turn to the law to achieve the same goals, such as in cases involving adoption. Negotiation and mediation play vital roles in family law cases to help families avoid fighting in court. When family issues intersect with the law, the South Florida family law attorneys at Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa can help you understand your legal options to determine the most favorable arrangement that will work for your family’s specific situation.

Family Law Covers a Broad Range of Family-Related Matters

You should consider discussing your situation with a South Florida family law attorney if your case involves any of these issues:

Marriage, Domestic Partnership Dissolution, and Divorce

• Negotiate a pre-marital or post-marital agreement
• Negotiate or mediate a domestic partnership dissolution or divorce settlement, including cases involving LGBTQIA+ or same-sex couples
• Take your domestic partnership dissolution or divorce case to court
• Collaborative divorce, particularly for families with kids
• Divorce involving a spouse living in a different state
• Divorce involving substantial assets
• Name changes after a divorce or marriage

Child Custody and Visitation Agreements

• Determine and draft physical and legal child custody agreements that are in the best interests of the child
• Mediate, negotiate, or litigate custody and visitation agreements if needed
• Give you workable tips to help ensure you co-parent with your child’s other parent successfully and within the law
• Seek modifications to current custody, visitation, or support orders
• Object to a co-parent planning on relocating with your child
• Relocate with your child when you have joint child custody with your co-parent
• Move away or to another state as your child’s non-custodial parent
• Legal emancipation for minor kids
• Situations in which adultery or other issues might impact custody and visitation
• Adoption arrangements
• Surrogacy arrangements
• Paternity cases

Distribution of Property, Assets, and Debt

• Mediate, negotiate, or litigate the distribution of property, assets, and debts between divorcing couples and couples dissolving their domestic partnerships
• Determine community property and separate property
• Divide assets, property, and debts contained in pre-marital or post-marital agreements
• Divide complex assets, including jointly-owned businesses, carried interest, and stock options, among others
• Decide who gets to keep the marital residence and jointly-owned properties
• Situations in which second marriages or adultery might impact asset division
• Investigate your spouse’s finances to uncover hidden assets or wealth

Child Support and Spousal Support

• Negotiate, mediate, or litigate child support or spousal support amounts
• Secure temporary child or spousal support after a separation before the divorce has been finalized
• Prove why you deserve to receive spousal support
• Prove why your child’s other parent should pay child support
• Seek a modification to current child support or spousal support orders
• Fight for financial support when dissolving a domestic partnership

Domestic Abuse and Violence

• Protect yourself and your kids from domestic abuse by a spouse or domestic partner
• Protect against false allegations of domestic abuse
• File or extend temporary, emergency, or permanent restraining orders against a spouse or domestic partner

Reach Out to a Skilled South Florida Family Law Attorney Now

The South Florida family law attorneys at Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Sosa can help you deal with various family law matters. We aim to resolve issues as amicably and quickly as possible, but we are also prepared to fight for your and your child’s best interests in court if necessary. To set up a free case review with our South Florida family law attorney, contact us online or call our office at 561-478-2500.