Clients include individuals seeking divorces, individuals and couples seeking to adopt, parents seeking to change or
enforce child custody agreements, surrogate mothers or their clients, at - risk children or the agencies protecting them, mothers or fathers seeking to retain parental rights, or domestic partners.
Not exact matches
If necessary, your lawyers will file the separation
agreement with the court to
enforce support or
child custody.
We help negotiate and
enforce spousal support
agreements,
child custody agreements, alimony payments, and
child support
agreements.
Moreover, certain topics, such as
child support and
child custody, can not be
enforced via a prenuptial
agreement.
Keep in mind that, in Florida, certain issues such as
child custody and
child support may not be
enforced by the court system, even if both parties agree to them in a prenuptial
agreement.
Basically, a prenuptial
agreement that has terms as to
child support,
custody, visitation, etc. will be viewed by a court as only a suggestion; courts do not
enforce an
agreement against a
child (especially one that hasn't even been born) unless it's in the
child's best interest.
Provisions in a prenuptial
agreement that purport to govern
child custody,
child visitation rights or
child support payments will not be
enforced.
(2) A disagreement between the parties or litigation brought to
enforce or modify the
agreement shall not affect the validity of the adoption and shall not serve as a basis for orders affecting the
custody of the
child.
In this case, the parent looking to
enforce the original
child custody agreement would need to initiate a new
child custody case in court.
However, the
agreement can not legally be
enforced until the court approves it and issues a
child custody order.
If your ex has relocated out of state with your
children, you can file a motion to
enforce the
custody agreement in the courthouse that issued your original divorce decree or
custody order.