Category Archives: Divorce
Social Media & Your Divorce
Social media websites like Facebook and Instagram provide a convenient way to keep in touch with family and friends. By scrolling through a friend’s profile, you can keep abreast of their lives and watch their children grow. However, social media can also move front and center in a Jupiter divorce. At Caroline Olsen, P.A.,… Read More »
Protecting Yourself Financially as a Domestic Violence Victim
Filing for divorce is often the first step domestic violence victims take to free themselves of their abuser. However, many find it is difficult to move on financially. If you’ve been victimized, you might have depended on your spouse’s income, which is one reason why you stayed in the relationship despite the abuse. Other… Read More »
How to Divorce a Missing Spouse
Everyone is entitled to their day in court, which is why getting divorced when your spouse is missing becomes so complicated. Courts are leery of quickly granting a divorce without hearing from your husband or wife. Fortunately, Florida has laws that allow a person to get divorced by publication. Essentially, the publication of your… Read More »
Separating but Not Divorcing: What are the Dangers?
Many couples go through rough patches and temporarily separate, hoping that they can get back together again. These “temporary” separations can eventually lengthen to years apart. As any experienced Jupiter divorce attorney will tell you, there are risks to separating without divorce. Although divorce might not be ideal, it can protect certain rights and… Read More »
Physician Divorce: Challenges & Solutions
In many ways, the divorce process is the same for everybody in Florida. But high net-worth individuals and small business owners face certain pitfalls, which can make their divorces more complicated. Without the right attorney, you could lose much more than a spouse in a divorce. At Caroline Olson, P.A., our Jupiter divorce lawyers… Read More »
Should You Start Dating Before Your Divorce is Finalized?
It is perfectly legal to date while you are going through a divorce in Florida—but should you? This is a separate question quite apart from the legality or propriety of doing so. A divorce can take a long time, sometimes more than a year, and many people are eager to jump back in the… Read More »
How to Tell Your Children You Are Divorcing
Divorce is difficult on children. Even though research shows that most children ultimately adapt to their parents divorcing, many will initially struggle. So many of our clients dread telling their children, and there is no “easy” way to do it. At our firm, we have seen many mothers and fathers rise to the challenge… Read More »
When Is the Right Time to Meet with a Divorce Lawyer?
According to the Institute for Family Studies, about 50% of people have thought about divorce at some point in their marriage. This number includes about 1 in 4 spouses who have considered divorce only in the past six months. Marriages rarely turn sour overnight. Instead, one or both spouses begin to feel that the… Read More »
3 Mistakes People Make when Handling their Own Divorces
There is no greater myth than the one that divorce lawyers cost clients money. The reality is far different: an experienced attorney understands the mistakes that couples make and can sidestep them, ultimately saving our clients money in the long run. If you are considering divorce, don’t do it alone. There are few “simple”… Read More »
