Charging Lien
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By Michael H. Gora QI finally wrapped up my divorce case two weeks ago at mediation. My final hearing is scheduled for next week. I owe my attorney about $25,000. The money that I need to pay his bill is currently subject to a “freeze” or injunction in the cash portion of my brokerage account, but will be released to me as soon as the divorce More...
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Public Relations
By Michael H. Gora Q I am planning to begin divorce proceedings against my wife in the near future. While we both make a good living and have somewhat more money because of the stock market rally the last few More...
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Forensic Accountants
By Michael H. Gora Many times divorce lawyers and their clients have to make a decision as to whether or not to hire a forensic accountant as an expert in processing their case from beginning to the end, whether More...
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Imagine: About the Nigeria Girls
By Michael H. Gora As a young lawyer attempting to carve a living out of any portion of the law, I spent a few years as a part time Public Defender in Ft. Lauderdale while having my own small civil practice of divorces, More...
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Bubble Trouble
By Michael H. Gora Q Seven years ago, at my husband’s suggestion, we met with a paralegal at her office in West Palm Beach to work out a marital settlement agreement. We wanted to save money, so we did not want More...
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Really Married?
By Michael H. Gora Q: My wife and I were married four years ago. She was and is a disaster. I knew that she had been married once before; an hour after our wedding was official, her younger sister accidentally More...
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Department of Children and Felonies
By Michael H. Gora Kudos to The Miami Herald and its investigational series on DCF, Florida’s Department of Children and Families, which I have chosen to call The Department of Children and Felonies. Occasionally More...
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A Perfect Pair
By Michael H. Gora This column is not about divorce, to the contrary. One of my favorite photographs captures two synchronized divers. I call my photo “A Perfect Pair.” Tom and Naomi Shirley, of Broward More...
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Financial Suicide
By Michael H. Gora As a matrimonial attorney, I cannot envision suggesting to a hard working, high earning and professional husband that the way to defeat the wife in the divorce game is to surreptitiously spend More...
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Child Support Guidelines
By Michael H. Gora Q What are “Child Support Guidelines” for Florida residents? How do they work? Does it matter how much people make, whether or no both parents are working? I read in your recent More...