Jacobs Law FIrm

  It is no secret divorce can be very stressful. A family attorney can streamline the process and give you peace of mind. Time and time again persons who enter a divorce and file on their own (pro se) often regret that decision and wish to seek the services of a skilled attorney to correct the things they did not think of before on their own. Additionally, what has once started as an amicable agreement can often turn into a very mean spirited control attempt; that ends up costing much more in time, money and sanity. A family attorney can take that pressure off and allow you to heal; allow you to care for what is most important to you.   Not only is time and money at stake but, family law is a vast area of law that requires dedication, understanding, and skill. It encompasses paternity, adoption, divorce, child custody, parenting plans, alimony, and your rights.   A person faced with a stack of documents to file with the court needs to...

  A parenting plan is a contract between two parents that gives direction on how to care for the child who has been subject to a divorce proceeding. It is a binding document established by the court and is created with the "best interest of the child" in mind. The best interest of the child means that every decision is carefully made to reflect what is proper and best for the child. The goal is to have as little disruption to the childs life as possible. A plan once developed can be modified only upon substantial material change that was not foreseeable. Florida law mandates that certain things be in a parenting plan and include:   §   Direction on how parents will share daily tasks associated with the upbringing ofthe child. §   A "time sharing" schedule, which specifies the days and hoursthe child will have with each parent. This schedule can also provide who gets the child on certain holidays or on birthdays and whether these things are shared. §   If...

  Florida law recognizes the care of ones child to be a duty and unlike alimony, it can never be waived by a contract. Courts have adamantly encouraged both parents to share in the expense and joy of raising ones own, and yes it is expensive but well worth it.   Child support is for the care and well being of the child. The support typically helps cover the childs living expenses such as: food, water, shelter, and healthcare. However, if a child has special needs (such as heavy medical expenses) these expenses can be added to the amount of money one receives for the care of the child. The money received is not counted as income and unlike alimony, no taxes are paid on it.   To determine who will pay for child support is often based upon who is the primary caretaker of the child and who is secondary. A primary caretaker typically has the child for the majority of the time. To determine the amount to pay, Florida follows a " Child Support Guideline Table ," which gi...

  At the Jacobs Law Firm, Jonathan Jacobs, Esquire is a versatile uncontested divorce attorney in Orlando with ample experience practicing as a same sex divorce lawyer Orlando, working with all aspects of family law, including contested divorce cases, as well as some areas of civil litigation such as small claims cases. Being an Orlando Divorce attorney, he practices readily within five different counties in the central Florida area; Orange County, Seminole County, Lake County, Osceola County and Hernando County. Through his wide geographical reach, Attorney Jacobs has been able to experience many different divorce situations, agreements, and mediations; also, he has ample knowledge of the varying courthouses’ practices, judges, and expectations thereof. As an uncontested divorce attorney he has the job of making sure that he works on behalf of his client along with the other side, being the client or even another Orlando divorce attorney, in order to make sure that each party fa...

If you have come to the decision that you are ready for a divorce, but your spouse is not necessarily on the same page; then it is time to tread lightly with your soon to be ex-spouse. For instance, instead of serving your ex with divorce papers out of the blue and potentially making a hostile situation where no one wins, you can attempt to make the process slightly smoother by hiring the Jacobs Law Firm, Uncontested Divorce Attorney Orlando, to draft a settlement offer. An Uncontested Divorce Attorney Orlando knows that a settlement offer is an offer that you can give your spouse outlining the division of property, assets, child support, alimony, and time sharing of your children. In the settlement offer you can try come to a civil understanding of what each party would want in the divorce, even when you know your spouse is not on board with the idea. Also, the alternative of starting with a petition of dissolution of marriage and someone personally serving your spouse, it is m...

As an Orlando small claims attorney and family lawyer Orlando, we have heard a lot of scenarios. For instance, have you paid someone to trim trees in your yard, or mow your lawn, but then they just never showed up? Have you loaned a friend or family member money they have never paid back? You got divorced and your spouse was supposed to send you money from the sale of your home and never did. You have lost hundreds or thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money because you were a trusting and decent individual. Now you are in the position that you still need a service to be performed or money to be refunded, but you have no recourse and no means of recovery absent a lawsuit. Turn the lens and change the situation. Maybe you own a small business, and you were commissioned to perform a service for a person or another business, and you finished that job to the best of your ability. Then when you went to collect your payment from the person that hired you, magically they don’t ha...

As a divorce lawyer Seminole County Florida we know way of our world has altered quite a bit in the past few months as the Covid-19 virus has spread so rapidly through the world. From stay at home orders, to self-quarantine, and the closing of most of our economy, especially with the Central Florida tourism industry, this has greatly affected your bank account and your marriage. Between being trapped in the house with the kids and the husband, things are starting to open back up you are realizing more and more that it is time to think about a divorce. You and your spouse in the time that you have been cooped together have only realized that the problems you spent so much time ignoring have only gotten worse. No one deserves to be unhappy in their own home and if you are ready to take the steps to change it by getting a divorce it is time to do it, pandemic or otherwise. Call the Jacobs Law Firm, family law attorney Seminole County Florida for more information. The good news is y...