Charging Lien
By Michael H. Gora QI finally wrapped up my divorce case two weeks ago at mediation. Ā My final hearing is scheduled for next week. Ā I owe my attorney about $25,000. Ā The money that I need to pay his bill is currently subject to a āfreezeā or injunction in the cash portion of my brokerage account, but will be released to me as soon as the divorce More...
Public Relations
By Michael H. Gora QĀ I am planning to begin divorce proceedings against my wife in the near future. While we both make a good living andĀ have somewhat more money because of the stock market rally the last few More...
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...
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...
Bubble Trouble
By Michael H. Gora QĀ Seven years ago, at my husbandās 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...
Really Married?
By Michael H. Gora Q: Ā Ā My wife and I were married four years ago. Ā She was and is a disaster. Ā I knew that she had been married once before; an hour after our wedding was official, her younger sister accidentally More...
Department of Children and Felonies
By Michael H. Gora Kudos to The Miami Herald and its investigational series on DCF, Floridaās Department of Children and Families, which I have chosen to call The Department of Children and Felonies. Occasionally More...
A Perfect Pair
By Michael H. Gora This column is not about divorce, to the contrary. Ā One of my favorite photographs captures two synchronized divers. Ā I call my photo āA Perfect Pair.ā Ā Tom and Naomi Shirley, of Broward More...
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 isĀ to surreptitiously spend More...
Child Support Guidelines
By Michael H. Gora Q Ā Ā Ā Ā What are āChild Support Guidelinesā for Florida residents?Ā How do they work?Ā Does it matter how much people make, whether or no both parents are working?Ā I read in your recent More...