PARENT’S RIGHTS
JACKSONVILLE PATERNITY LAWYER
My office represents both men and women so that both parents
continue to enjoy all of the rights and responsibilities of
parenthood, even after divorce. Children need both parents and my
office creates timesharing or parenting plans that make sense
for both parents and the children. The recent changes to Florida
Law in October of 2008 are exciting. We no longer use words such as
"custody" or
"primary residence" that sound as if one parent has superior rights
over the other parent with regard to the children. Now each parent
has "timesharing". We will work closely with you to craft a
parenting plan that provides for meaningful timesharing for each
parent including sharing of summers and holidays, sharing of
transportation; decision-making regarding education,
extracurricular activities, and religious issues; and any future
relocations of one of the parents. We can also create plans that
take into account military deployments and change of
duty stations. If you and your spouse cannot agree, however, you
can be sure that I will put my knowledge and experience as a board
certified
lawyer and marital and family law expert to use before the Judge to
represent you.
If there are issues regarding the safety or welfare of children,
we will work with you to promptly notify the Court of such issues
and even file emergency motions when necessary. If there are child
abuse or domestic violence issues in the home,
we can help with that as well.
Even if you and the other parent never were married, my office
still can help. If you are the Mother we can help you with
obtaining child support, health
insurance, and life insurance to provide some financial help for
your children. If you are the Father, we can explain your rights
including:
- Birth certificates and voluntary acknowledgments of
paternity
- Filing a Paternity Action and obtaining the right Parenting
Plan
- Filing a Disestablishment of Paternity action if you have been
led to believe that you are the father and you are not
- Help with obtaining DNA testing to prove or disprove
paternity
- Ensuring that your child support is calculated fairly and that
you are granted timesharing rights with your children
I represent both men and women and expect that the Court will
treat both equally. I represent military and other families in
Duval, Clay, Nassau, St. Johns, and Baker Counties. If you are out
of country or state, we can often help you over the phone and
through email. We can also discuss your appearance by phone at
court hearings.
Feel free to email or give me a call. I do not charge a
consultation fee so it costs nothing for us to talk and for you to
learn your rights. I am confident that after we speak, I will have
the pleasure of helping you and your family.
