THE COLLABORATIVE DIVORCE PROCESS The Collaborative Divorce process is a way to address the issues arising out of a divorce proceeding without the traditional litigation model. The Collaborative Process uses a team approach to help the parties reach a settlement agreement without the need to go to court. The team consists of each party’s attorneys, […]
Often the parent of a minor child remarries and is considering whether the step parent can legally adopt the child. In Florida a step parent adoption is available provided the Child’s biological parent executes a proper Consent to the child’s adoption and a clear waiver of the parental rights over the child. For the Consent […]
From all the different legal processes that a Family Law Attorney handles there is nothing more rewarding than adoptions, especially step parent adoptions. Generally, it is a happy, especial day of unifying a family. However, adoption attorneys must be knowledgeable when it comes to the adoption of a child from a foreign country. According to […]
Just closed a 4 year long divorce including two trials and two appeals. After a three day trial, the trial court awarded my client, the Wife, an unequal distribution of the marital estate in the form of the Husband’s share of the marital home. The trial court also made a finding that her use of […]
As a result of a three-day trial in front of the Honorable Judge Federico Moreno, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Attorney Maria T. Sallato, board certified in Family Law, successfully obtained the return of a three year old child to Canada, under the terms of the Hague Convention on […]