Modification, Contempt & Enforcement

Situations change. Jobs move, incomes rise and fall, children grow, households relocate. When your divorce decree or parenting plan no longer matches reality, Florida law provides a path to change it — and when your ex simply ignores the order that exists, the law provides teeth.

Modification — and a 2023 change worth knowing

Modifying time-sharing or support requires showing a substantial and material change in circumstances. For parenting plans, the 2023 legislation removed the old requirement that the change also be "unanticipated" — a meaningful easing of the standard. A schedule that no longer serves your child can be revisited. Common grounds we handle: relocation for work, job loss or significant income change, remarriage affecting alimony, a parent's changed availability, and children aging into different needs.

Enforcement and contempt

When a former spouse or co-parent refuses to pay support, denies time-sharing, or violates the decree, we file the appropriate enforcement and contempt actions — documenting the pattern, quantifying the arrears, and asking the court for remedies that change behavior, including make-up time-sharing, judgments for arrears, and attorneys' fees where available. Compassionate with clients, aggressive with non-compliance.

Out-of-state and international parents

The firm regularly handles modification and enforcement for parents living outside Florida — and outside the country — whose cases remain under Florida jurisdiction.