A Law Firm Just for Dads

In Florida, visitation and custody are now both called time-sharing, a change that took place in 2008. Under this law, time with your child is guaranteed under Florida statutes. Parents are required to submit parenting plans with their desired schedule. Those schedules can be adopted by the judge or they can be imposed by the judge when the parties cannot agree.

If you want to be sure your parental rights are protected and your financial interests preserved, a Miami fathers’ rights attorney at DADvocacy™ Law Firm can offer the skilled counsel you need. We have extensive experience in visitation proceedings related to child support and divorce and provide our legal services on a flat-fee basis to help you budget for the future. Our family law team helps fathers throughout South Florida from offices in Miami and Celebration.

We can address such visitation-related issues as:

• Visitation agreements;
• Visitation enforcement;
• Modification of child support based on overnight stays; and
• Paternity and establishing visitation rights.

For involved dads who can commit to regular overnight timesharing with their children, child support can be lowered by a formula that uses the percentage of overnights to the father’s benefit. The policy is that fathers who spend a significant amount of time with their children bear expenses on behalf of the children during that time.

As overnight timesharing with the minor child can impact child support, by lowering the child support number under some situations, it is recommended that the issue of timesharing be dealt with prior to dealing with child support. DADvocacy™ Law Firm offers a free, initial, no-obligation consultation in our office. During that meeting, the child support formula is calculated considering overnights. This way, you can be certain that the numbers show a benefit before you hire a Miami visitation lawyer.

It is important to remember that even if you miss child support payment, your right of visitation is unaffected, as both child support and visitation are separate rights that belong to the child.

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