Read before you decide
Short, plain-language guides — organized by where you actually are, not by legal category. Every piece is general information, not legal advice for your case.
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What to Expect at Your First Consultation
What the meeting covers, what Shelley will ask, what to have available, and what happens after.
Read → Before You FileGathering Your Financial Documents
The paper every case eventually requires — and why gathering it early is a strategic advantage.
Read → Before You FileMandatory Disclosure: The Law You Can't Opt Out Of
Both sides must open their finances — automatically, under oath, with real consequences for hiding.
Read → ChecklistWhat to Have Available for Your Consultation
The printable checklist — identification, financials, parenting basics, and court papers.
Open the checklist →Parenting & Children
Keeping the children at the center
Understanding Florida's Parenting Plan Requirements
The four things every plan must contain — and the optional clauses that prevent future court dates.
Read → Parenting & ChildrenTalking to Your Children About Divorce
What helps, what hurts, and how the conversation connects to your case.
Read → ToolChild Support Estimator
A guideline ballpark from Florida's actual statutory schedule. Estimate only — not legal advice.
Try the estimator →Finance & Property
The money questions
How Equitable Distribution Works in Florida
Marital vs. nonmarital, commingling, and where property fights are actually decided.
Read → Finance & PropertyAlimony After Florida's 2023 Reform
Permanent alimony is gone. The four current types, their caps, and what they mean for each side.
Read → Practice areaProperty Division, in depth
The full practice page: the home, retirement and QDROs, businesses, and debts.
Go deeper →Already Divorced
After the judgment
Your Post-Divorce Checklist
Deeds, QDROs, beneficiaries, insurance, estate documents — the follow-through that makes it real.
Read → Already DivorcedModifying a Parenting Plan or Support Order
The substantial-change standard, the timing rule that costs people money, and how to approach it.
Read → Next stepReady to talk it through?
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Request a consultation →Take the Getting Started guide with you
Not ready to call anyone yet? The free guide on the home page covers beginning a family-law matter in Polk County — one email, no follow-up sequence.