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Law Center Plus: The New Practice Of Family Law In A Rapidly Changing Society, Renee Goldenberg
Law Center Plus: The New Practice Of Family Law In A Rapidly Changing Society, Renee Goldenberg
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Best Practices for Family Law Attorneys
I. Changing Society and Changing Practice
a. Paternity: Expect 50% of your cases to be a paternity: 48% Florida children born out of wedlock
b. Same sex issues: partnerships and children
c. Adults over age 50: 25% to 50%
d. Rise of Women: 2/3 initiated by women
e. Lower Income and Self Represented: Expect a self-represented party on 50% of your cases
f. Social Media and Electronics: Impact on the practice and Impact on professionalism
II. 17th Judicial Circuit
a. Unified Family Administrative Orders on website: http://www.17th.flcourts.org/index.php/rules-and-policies/unified-family-orders
b. Local Rules on …
Providing Attorneys For Children In Dependency And Termination Of Parental Rights Proceedings In Florida: The Issue Updated, Michael J. Dale
Providing Attorneys For Children In Dependency And Termination Of Parental Rights Proceedings In Florida: The Issue Updated, Michael J. Dale
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Florida's system for providing protection and safety to children in the State's child welfare system has changed over the past decade. Regretfully, the changes do not appear to have had a significant impact in two areas: increasing the safety and protection of children in the system' and providing children with independent attorneys to advocate on their behalf. Investigations, lawsuits, grand juries, amendments to court rules, and newspaper articles continue to demonstrate the myriad failures in the Florida system. Two notorious examples hi-lite the shortcomings: the cases of the foster child, Rilya Wilson, who disappeared in 2001, and Gabriel Myers, who …