De Novo Review Blog

Guarantors

Category: Loans Subject: Guarantors By: Erin, Senior Attorney, De Novo Review If a borrower defaults on a loan, and a demand letter is served on a guarantor to the loan, can the guarantor raise the same defenses as the borrower? Yes. See Scarborough Assocs. v. Fin. Fed. Sav & Loan Ass’n of Dade Cnty., 647 […]

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Time Sharing

By: Erin,  Senior Attorney, De Novo Review Are there consequences when mothers fail to encourage time sharing between father and child when time sharing has been ordered? Absolutely. In Ginnell v. Pacetti, 31 So. 3d 217, 218-19 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), the appellate court affirmed the trial court’s decision to modify time sharing in favor […]

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Standard of Living and Relationship to Alimony Award

Category: Family Law Appeals Blog Subject: Standard of Living and Relationship to Alimony Award By: Erin, Senior Attorney, De Novo Review Is the marital standard of living still a driving force in determining whether to award alimony? It appears not. Recent Florida case law indicates the standard of living factor, recited in Section 61.08(2)(a), Florida […]

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Effect of Future Inheritance on Alimony Award

Category: Family Law Appeals Blog Subject: Effect of Future Inheritance on Alimony Award By: Erin, Senior Attorney, De Novo Review May a future or potential inheritance be considered as a basis to petition for a modification of alimony? Yes. In Wiesenfeld v. Wiesenfeld, 95 So. 3d 959, 960-61 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012), the court considered […]

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Solo Practitioners vs. Big Law Firm

Why Aren’t Solo Attorneys Running Like A Big Law Firm?  So many times I confer with solo attorneys and some have a preconceived notion that “no one else can handle this work” or “I don’t want to grow.”  Forget about growing, why not make money without doing all the labor like other business do and […]

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