Gulf Breeze, FL Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

If your husband does not agree to pay your counsel fees, then you can make an application with the Court for your husband to pay them due to the large discrepancy in incomes. As far as your fee arrangement with your attorney goes, that is something you have to work out with your attorney. Some attorneys will agree to wait until the end of litigation to get paid out of the proceeds from equitable distribution. For example,if there is real property that is being sold or a retirement account that is going to be distributed.

Dear Anonymous:    First of all, your question indicates it is from Florida, and you write that you are in another country.  Last time I checked, Florida was still part of the United States.  So, to try and reply, I will presume that your husband is in Florida.    Under Florida law, in order to file for a divorce (dissolution of marriage) one of the parties must be a continuous resident of the state of Florida for at least six months prior to filing the petition for dissolution.  If your husband lives here and has for the past six months, and you file in Florida, you will submit yourself to the jurisdiction of this court and the Court can divorce you.  It gets a little trickier as it concerns the children.  You cannot waive your children's right to receive child support from a parent.   I am not sure why you would want to as it is very costly to support four children!  If the petition alleges there are children (which it must) then the court is going to look to protect the children.  Moreover, your husband may want to have time sharing with the children, and then the court would have to address this as well.     No lawyer can tell you how long this will take.  A lot depends on cooperation in the case from both sides, as well as the court's docket.   Even with a full agreement in advance of filing, the process usually takes over a month.  Divorces can go on for years, but usually most are resolved within six months.  This is not a hard and fast rule.    You should seek counsel before doing this, as an attorney can help you get through all the legal issues a lot quicker and smoothly than you probably can do on your own, especially if you are doing this long distance.    Good luck to you and your children. Cindy S. Vova, Esq. Law Offices of Cindy S. Vova, P.A. 8551 West Sunrise Blvd., Suite 301 Plantation, FL 33322 954-316-3496 info@vovalaw.com  

In Utah, you could (among other options) ask the court to award you the un-disclosed/concealed asset as a sanction for concealing/not disclosing it in the divorce proceedings.