The History Channel has a show that follows Cajuns around while they hunt alligators in the swamps of Louisana.  This show, “Swamp People”, is an American reality/documentary television series that follows the day-to-day activities of several Cajuns who hunt alligators for a living.  The series was first broadcast in August of 2010, and is fairly [...]

Florida is one of a handful of states that allows permanent lifetime alimony that does not end at retirement, but only ceases upon death or remarriage of the recipient.  This law can have devastating consequences for the former spouse who has to pay out this permanent alimony. Florida Alimony Reform (FAR) is America’s largest alimony [...]

A prenuptial agreement is a contract entered into prior to marriage by a couple who are planning to marry.  The usual content of a prenuptial agreement can vary widely, but commonly includes provisions for division of property and spousal support in the event of the breakup of the marriage.  The contract can also contain terms [...]

In the state of Florida, parents or concerned parties are required to take a parenting course (also known as a divorce class) to obtain a divorce when there are minor children involved.  This course can assist parents in learning about the effects divorce can have on their family, as well as the best way to [...]

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department for Children and Families (DCF), both describe child abuse or maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child. According to [...]

For one man, having a child with a famous actress became very profitable when a family law judge ordered his ex-girlfriend to pay him $20,000 a month in child support. Halle Berry was ordered to pay Gabriel Aubry the support in order for him to provide a proper home for the ex-couple’s 4-year-old daughter, Nahla.  [...]

Florida has a law entitled ‘Stand Your Ground Law’, which states that a person may use force in self-defense when there is a reasonable belief of a threat, without an obligation to retreat first.  One Florida woman  believed she would be safe under this law, but now feels the state of Florida is not applying [...]

In 2009, a New Jersey bakery was in the news for an incident that raised public ire and distaste.  When a store bakery employee refused to decorate a birthday cake with a child’s name, Adolf Hitler Campbell back in 2009,  the incident began a legal battle between child welfare officials and the parents of the [...]

A celebrity couple who have been separated for over a year, are finally calling it quits.  David Arquette served divorce papers to Courteney Cox earlier this month after being separated from her for a year-and-a-half.  Courteney actually filed legal documents responding to Arquette’s divorce papers the same day he filed the papers, and it seems, [...]

Four days before his thirteenth wedding anniversary, actor David Arquette filed papers to divorce actress Courteney Cox.  The couple have been on a trial separation for a year-and-a-half.  Arquette comes from a well-known family of actors, stretching back to his great-grandfather who worked in vaudeville.  His grandfather was Cliff Arquette, a comic actor, and both [...]