Judge Allows Woman To Serve Divorce Papers Through Facebook
A Manhattan Supreme Court Justice granted a Brooklyn, New York woman permission to serve her estranged husband with divorce papers through a Facebook message. The landmark ruling illustrates how powerful social media’s impact is on the way we conduct our legal...
Palm Beach County Couple Sentenced To Prison For Bankruptcy Fraud
Last week, a South Florida couple was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for hiding assets and lying to bankruptcy officials during their Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing. Dr. Richard S. Krugman and his wife, Tamara B. Giordano, formerly Boca Raton...
Florida House of Representatives Passes Bill That Will Affect Same-Sex Adoptions
The Florida House passed a “conscience protection” bill — HB 7111 — that would allow private adoption agencies to refuse child placements with same-sex couples based on the agencies’ religious beliefs. This legislation was proposed less than a month after the Florida...
Florida’s Zombie Homes Suck The Life Out Of Property Values
Florida has the most zombie foreclosures in the United States. With over 35,000 zombie homes, the Sunshine State is fertile ground to more than three times the national average of these spooky homes left in no man’s land. So, what exactly is a zombie home? A zombie...
Florida’s Third District Court Of Appeal Tells Dwayne Wade and Ex-Wife To Play Fair
Miami Heat basketball star, Dwyane Wade, and ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches, continue to square off in their legendary child custody battle over sons Zaire and Zion. In 2011, an Illinois court entered a 102-page judgment after a 38-day trial, detailing Wade’s and his...
Eric Klein Completes Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative
Eric N. Klein joins other small business leaders who have graduated from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative. The initiative includes entrepreneurial business owners of small companies who are poised for growth and would benefit from market-based...
Boca Raton Bankruptcy Attorney Gets Clients Actual And Punitive Damages in Wrongful Collection Case
Boca Raton, FL – 3/24/2015 – Kunal Mirchandani, attorney at Klein Law Group in South Florida, has obtained a victory in a wrongful collection case he filed for his clients in The United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida. Judge Erik P. Kimball found...
Floridians Like To Say “I Do” — Over And Over Again
Recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics find that Florida has one of the highest rates in the country for residents who have married more than two times. The rate for Florida men was 30.5 percent in 2012; 29.4 percent for women. Can we tie this trend to the Sunshine...
Florida Appeals Court Agrees With Homeowner In Mailing Error Foreclosure Case
Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal sided with homeowner, Bruce L. Blum, in his foreclosure case involving a notice of default that was sent to an incorrect mailing address. The Appeals Court overturned the judgment made by Senior Circuit Court Judge Midelis in...
Unmarried Men and Women who Live Together in Florida are Breaking the Law
Today is March 12, 2015 and it is illegal for unmarried men and women to live together in the state of Florida. If that sounds outlandish to you, you’re not alone. There has been another push recently to repeal Florida’s “cohabitation law” — the law that says couples...
