Bresky Law Helps Father Obtain Co-Guardianship of Developmentally Disabled Adult Daughter

Bresky Law Helps Father Obtain Co-Guardianship of Developmentally Disabled Adult Daughter Bresky Law recently assisted a father and his trial counsel in obtaining co-guardianship of the father’s developmentally disabled adult daughter over the objections of his ex-wife. Our client’s ex-wife, who is the girl’s mother, filed a petition for guardianship of their daughter without providing...

Bresky Law Obtains Affirmance of Order Ruling that Obligation in Property Settlement Agreement Did Not Apply to Non-Probate Assets

Bresky Law, with appellate co-counsel and trial counsel Amy Beller, recently obtained a per curiam affirmance of a trial court order in our client’s favor in a dispute over the interpretation of language in a property settlement agreement (“Agreement”). The Decedent entered into the Agreement as part...

Fourth DCA: Ruling Designating Keys Father Primary Residential Parent When Child Begins School Does Not Constitute Improper Prospective Relocation Order

Fourth DCA: Ruling Designating Keys Father Primary Residential Parent When Child Begins School Does Not Constitute Improper Prospective Relocation Order Krift v. Obenour, Case No. 4D13-1151 (Fla. 4th DCA, November 5, 2014) Bresky Law recently obtained a decision in our client’s favor in the Fourth DCA in a case regarding timesharing where the parties live greater...

Fourth DCA Holds That Inheritance Commingled with Marital Funds Became Marital Property Subject to Equitable Distribution

Fourth DCA Holds That Inheritance Commingled with Marital Funds Became Marital Property Subject to Equitable Distribution A divorce proceeding forces the parties, their attorneys, and possibly the court, to examine the parties’ assets to determine which assets are marital and which are non-marital. Absent an agreement between the parties, the marital assets are then subject...

Bresky Law Wins Rehearing of Order Holding Former Husband in Contempt for Failure to Pay Alimony

Bresky Law Wins Rehearing of Order Holding Former Husband in Contempt for Failure to Pay Alimony Bresky Law recently succeeded on a motion for rehearing of an order that had held our client in contempt for failure to pay alimony. The parties’ marriage was dissolved in 2009. In early 2012, the former wife filed a...

Fourth DCA: Contempt Unavailable to Force Payment of Mortgage on Marital Home by Spouse Who Received Home in Dissolution of Marriage Proceeding

Fourth DCA: Contempt Unavailable to Force Payment of Mortgage on Marital Home by Spouse Who Received Home in Dissolution of Marriage Proceeding A common problem we have seen spouses encounter following divorce involves responsibility for the mortgage on the marital home. Family courts often award one spouse the marital home in equitable distribution. However, the...

Firm Obtains Writ Disqualifying Judge from Presiding over Family Law Case

Firm Obtains Writ Disqualifying Judge from Presiding over Family Law Case The Father in a post-dissolution family-law dispute had twice filed motions asking the judge to disqualify herself because of the appearance of partiality. One motion was based on a letter where the judge disclosed that she had been personally represented by a partner in...

Jonathan Mann of Bresky Law Obtains Reversal in Fifth District Court of Appeal of Final Judgment Modifying Timesharing Entered After Judge Disqualified Himself

Jonathan Mann of Bresky Law Obtains Reversal in Fifth District Court of Appeal of Final Judgment Modifying Timesharing Entered After Judge Disqualified Himself Jonathan Mann of Bresky Law recently obtained reversal, in the Fifth District Court of Appeal, of a final judgment of modification of timesharing of a minor child. The parties’ son was two...

Firm Obtains Reversal of Temporary Attorney’s Fees Award in Modification of Alimony Proceedings

Bresky Law Obtains Reversal of Temporary Attorney’s Fees Award in Modification of Alimony Proceedings Giorlando v. Giorlando, 4D12-1220 Bresky Law recently won reversal of a trial court’s award of temporary attorney’s fees and costs in a petition for modification of alimony. The parties’ marriage was previously dissolved and a marital settlement agreement (“MSA”) was incorporated in...

No Time but the Present: Bresky Law Wins Motion for Rehearing of Order Holding Former Husband in Contempt for Failure to Pay Attorney’s Fees Based upon Future Ability to Pay

Bresky Law recently won a motion for rehearing of an order of contempt that held our client in contempt for failure to pay an award of temporary attorney’s fees. We are in the process of appealing the underlying order requiring our client to pay fees to opposing counsel. The parties were divorced in 2005...