Winter Park, FL
Family Lawyer at Winter Park, FL
Practice Areas: Family, Guardianship ... +3 more
OUTCOME: win
Appellate court reversed trial court's refusal to give mother an evidentiary hearing regarding her right to reunification with her child. Reversed and remanded for evidentiary hearing to take place.
OUTCOME: win
DCF has to distribute foster child's social security benefits money directly to him when he turns 18, not return it to social security.
OUTCOME: win
Where father tries to kill mother with a hammer in front of their young children, dependency is appropriate outcome.
OUTCOME: win
Court abused its discretion in determining alimony award, case remanded for new evidentiary hearing and determination.
OUTCOME: win
Where father had sexually abused four year old daughter, court held that factual basis for termination of parental rights had to be included in all findings of fact in termination cases even where pare ... nt voluntarily surrendered his rights.
OUTCOME: loss
Constitutional law case challenging the sales tax exemption for religioius literature. This case is included even though it was a loss because sometimes you have to fight even when you lose, because i ... t contains a great dissent, and because it went on to the Florida Supreme Court, where I also lost. The court decided not to decide the case.
OUTCOME: win
Court held that court must put ruling regarding application or lack thereof of Federal Indian Child Welfare Act on the record in state child welfare action before proceeding with dependency or terminat ... ion of parental rights case..
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