Month: June 2025

📌 Summer Adjustments: How to Modify Your Child Support Order in Florida

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As families evolve, so do their financial circumstances. With summer in full swing

🌴☀, it may be the perfect time to reassess whether your current child support arrangement still meets your family’s needs.

In Florida, either parent can request a modification of child support when there’s been a substantial change in circumstances. 📉📈

💡 Common reasons for modification:

🔁 A significant increase or decrease in income

💼 Job loss or a new employment opportunity

👧🏽 A change in the child’s needs (health care, education, etc.)

👨👩👧 A change in timesharing arrangements

To qualify, the change must generally result in at least a 15% or $50 difference in the support amount under Florida’s child support guidelines.

🛠 Steps to Modify Child Support:

  1. 📝 File a Supplemental Petition
  2. 📬 Serve the other parent and
  3. 📂 Provide documentation

⚠ Important: Informal agreements cause future disputes. Always go

💬 If your financial situation has renewal—and that includes your legal

👨⚖ Need help filing or defending Our experienced family law team is compassion and clarity.

📞 Call us at (904) 432-1221 or

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🎉 Happy Father’s Day: Know Your Parental Rights Under Florida’s New 50/50 Timesharing Law

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June is a special time to celebrate the fathers in our lives. Whether you’re a dad yourself or supporting one, Father’s Day is a reminder of the vital role fathers play in the upbringing and well-being of their children. 👨👧👦💙

This year, the celebration carries new significance for Florida fathers. In July 2023, Florida law underwent a major change that directly impacts parental rights. Under the new legislation, courts now operate with a presumption that equal (50/50)

timesharing is in the best interest of the child ⚖. This means that both parents,

including fathers, are presumed to be equally capable of sharing the responsibilities and joys of raising their children. 👨🏾⚖👩🏼⚖

While this presumption is rebuttable—meaning a judge can decide differently if evidence shows equal timesharing is not appropriate—it marks a significant shift toward fairness and shared parenting responsibilities in Florida family law.

However, to take advantage of these you are not married to the child’s fathers may have no enforceable rights

📋 Steps to Establish Parental Rights:

✅ File a petition to establish paternity

✅ Request a parenting plan with

✅ Determine child support, if applicable

At The Law Offices of Ramona S. committed to helping fathers navigate this process with confidence

📅 This Father’s Day, give yourself—and gift of legal certainty.

Let us help you take the next step parent.

📞 Call us at (904) 432-1221 or

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