“I’m [more] present with my kids and it is important to be with them…to be connected to them… to see the joy on their faces.” Read the full story

“For me, it shows a lot of people that you need to fight to be in your kids’ lives sometimes. You fight until you can’t fight any more. That’s all I was trying to be, a father in my kids’ lives.”  Read the full story

Kelsey Grammer, former Frasier star, treads lightly through his very public divorce to former Playboy model, Camille Donatacci.  The actor refused to sign a pre-nuptial agreement with Donatacci in 1997 and continues his refusal to protect his assets with his fiancee, Kayte Walsh. Read the full story

The first day of 2011 is upon us and inquiring minds want to know, have you broken your resolution already? Did you eat a greasy hangover breakfast that your “new” diet forbade? Did you break down and buy a pack of cigarettes because you just needed one more?   Read the full story

In our technologically integrated society, social media is pervading the courtroom. Lawyers are using status updates, photographs, and videos in order to profile an individual’s character traits and lifestyles. Read the full story

Fathers and Families.org posted an article entitled, “Brazil Outlaws Parental Alienation,” about Brazil’s passage of a law defining and punishing parental alienation of children, making it both a civil and criminal offense. Read the full story

A recent ruling of the Florida Supreme Court will affect all future cases regarding equitable distribution of non-marital house appreciation. Read the full story

Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal’s Judge Gerald Cope states, “Given a total ban on adoption by homosexual persons, one might expect that this reflected a legislative judgment that homosexual persons are, as a group, unfit to be parents.  To the contrary, the parties agree ‘that gay people and heterosexuals make equally good parents.’ ” Read the full story

Recent changes to Florida Statute §61.08 significantly affect Florida alimony laws.  Previously, the statute language lacked clear definitions of “duration” for the award of alimony or types to be considered. Read the full story