We are experienced paternity and divorce attorneys who have practiced divorce and paternity law since 1995 in Orlando, Winter Park, and the surrounding Central Florida area. We understand the turmoil that occurs in your life when divorce or paternity problems create legal issues for you. Our goal is to provide you with professional, aggressive, competent, and caring legal representation that will resolve your legal issues to get you the best results under the circumstances of your situation.
For information on your particular issues and concerns, contact us for a free telephone consultation with attorney Diana Dunlop or J. Erwin Dunlop at (407) 628-4300. We want to resolve your legal issues in a way that will improve your life as well as improve your experiences with the Florida court system. We monitor our phones and emails very frequently, even on weekends and holidays, to enable our clients to quickly reach the specific attorney assigned to their case.
For information on your particular issues and concerns, contact us for a free telephone consultation with attorney Diana Dunlop or J. Erwin Dunlop at (407) 628-4300. We want to resolve your legal issues in a way that will improve your life as well as improve your experiences with the Florida court system. We monitor our phones and emails very frequently, even on weekends and holidays, to enable our clients to quickly reach the specific attorney assigned to their case.
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The law firm of Dunlop, Dunlop & Dunlop, P.A. has been practicing family law in Central Florida since 1995.
We handle issues related to divorce, paternity, relocation, "custody, " contact schedules ("visitation"), modification and changes to existing orders, issues as to agreements, contempt, enforcement, alimony, and support, and other family law related matters.
He has been representing clients in divorce, paternity and other family law matters in Orlando, Winter Park, Orange County, Seminole County, and the surrounding Central Florida area since 1995.
We handle issues related to divorce, paternity, relocation, "custody, " contact schedules ("visitation"), modification and changes to existing orders, issues as to agreements, contempt, enforcement, alimony, and support, and other family law related matters.
He has been representing clients in divorce, paternity and other family law matters in Orlando, Winter Park, Orange County, Seminole County, and the surrounding Central Florida area since 1995.
The appropriate contact schedules for children, which state has jurisdiction of your case, the rules of property division, when alimony should be awarded, what are correct child support calculations, how to determine if or when the other person should pay your attorney's fees, how to determine the legal father of a child, what circumstances determine who gets to remain in the marital home, and many other legal rights.
See frequently asked questions about Divorce laws in Florida, below.
Question: Can one party "force" a divorce if the other party refuses to admit that the marriage is irretrievably broken?
See frequently asked questions about Divorce laws in Florida, below.
Question: Can one party "force" a divorce if the other party refuses to admit that the marriage is irretrievably broken?
Question: Do father's have rights as to paternity of a child when they are not married to the mother, but the mother is married?
Answer: A child born to an intact marriage is presumed to be the child of the husband.
The husband is the legal father even if he is not the biological father.
So, a man who has an affair with a married woman, and a child results from the affair, has no rights to the child unless he can successfully bring a lawsuit to establish legal paternity of the child.
If it is not in the best interests of the child for the child to have the biological father established as the child's legal father, the court will not order it.
Answer: A child born to an intact marriage is presumed to be the child of the husband.
The husband is the legal father even if he is not the biological father.
So, a man who has an affair with a married woman, and a child results from the affair, has no rights to the child unless he can successfully bring a lawsuit to establish legal paternity of the child.
If it is not in the best interests of the child for the child to have the biological father established as the child's legal father, the court will not order it.
Recent changes in the Florida Divorce Statutes have affected alimony law.
In regard to whether one spouse will pay alimony to the other, the length of the marriage is a factor.
Long term marriages are ones that are more than 17 years and there is a legal presumption that permanent alimony will be ordered if one spouse has the financial need and the other spouse has the financial ability to pay alimony.
Short term marriages (less than 7 years) have a legal presumption that there will not be permanent alimony.
In regard to whether one spouse will pay alimony to the other, the length of the marriage is a factor.
Long term marriages are ones that are more than 17 years and there is a legal presumption that permanent alimony will be ordered if one spouse has the financial need and the other spouse has the financial ability to pay alimony.
Short term marriages (less than 7 years) have a legal presumption that there will not be permanent alimony.
Florida child support law has significantly changed in regard to custody and child support.
No longer is there a designation of a primary and a secondary parent.
Both parents are "custodial" unless the judge specifically orders sole physical custody to one parent.
Unless there are exceptional circumstances, both parents will have shared parental responsibility in making the major decisions in the life of their minor child or children.
The amount of reimbursement of child care expenses paid has been increased by 25%.
No longer is there a designation of a primary and a secondary parent.
Both parents are "custodial" unless the judge specifically orders sole physical custody to one parent.
Unless there are exceptional circumstances, both parents will have shared parental responsibility in making the major decisions in the life of their minor child or children.
The amount of reimbursement of child care expenses paid has been increased by 25%.
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