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Coaching Your Kids From the Sidelines

The Marks Law Firm, P.A. wants to encourage parents to get their children involved in sports.  Especially when a family is going through dynamic changes such as a separation or Divorce of the parents, the children often need the positive benefits that come from team...

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How Does Property Get Distributed in Divorce?

For those who being the dissolution of marriage process an initial concern commonly arises regarding how the belongings and finances will be divided: who gets what? In the state of Florida the two parties can either agree among themselves, or the court will hold a...

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Valuation of Marital Assets

During a divorce proceeding, one of the biggest questions is often “What date do we use to determine the value of a particular marital asset?” For example, on what date do we look at a spouse’s 401k to assign a value to it for family law purposes? Should the date of...

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Mediation-Don’t Go It Alone!

The large majority of family law cases never see the bright lights and excitement of a trial. Instead, most are resolved by the parties, and usually with the help of formal Mediation. As of January 1, 2013, a significant change to Florida’s procedural rules regarding...

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How to Be a Great Family Law Client

Meeting with and hiring an attorney can be a scary and difficult process. Most people (thankfully) don’t have much experience with lawyers and legal issues, and your first experience can be intimidating. Taking these things to heart will make your lawyer’s job easier...

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Family Law Mediation in Orlando, Florida

What is Mediation? Mediation is the process by which a trained and independent third-party assists the parties in resolving their dispute dispute. Your mediation may resolve all issues in your case, but does not have to. Often parties will reach a partial agreement at...

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Skills to Increase Intimacy and Ward off Divorce

The rehabilitation of marriages is something that every professional family lawyer should explore rather than race headlong into driving the last nail into the coffin of a bad marriage. I have to say, however, it is somewhat difficult for a family law attorney to...

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