Areas of Expertise

Same Sex Adoption Can We Adopt a Child If We Are a Same-Sex Couple? In Florida, now we have a platform for the LGBT community to have their families legally recognized.  Same-sex partner adoptions are now being granted in the Miami-Dade County Family Court [...]

Paternity Opportunities to Establish Paternity A paternity action is the legal process which is used to determine the legal rights and obligations that unmarried parents will have over their legal child. Child support, parental responsibility, timesharing, and other financial obligations will be addressed in [...]

Mediation Divorce Mediation We offer mediation services at Hasbun & Mendoza, PLLC. Many contested cases settle at mediation. Prior to appearing in front of a judge for a final hearing, the parties are required to attend mediation to try and resolve their case with [...]

Domestic Violence If you are a victim of domestic violence or have reason to believe you are in danger of becoming a victim of domestic violence, you should seek an order of protection or a domestic violence injunction against the aggressor. Florida law defines an act [...]

Divorce Filing for Divorce Whether you have made the decision to file for a divorce or your spouse has filed for divorce, we recommend that you hire an experienced divorce lawyer to provide you with legal advice and explain your legal rights. Emotionally, a divorce is one of the [...]

Child Support Child Support Considerations The State of Florida has a vested interest in ensuring that the issue of child support is addressed in divorce, paternity and domestic violence cases. In Florida, parents are not permitted to waive child support as child support is [...]

Child Custody One of the most common misconceptions of family law is the term “child custody“. In Florida, the term “child custody “ has been replaced with the term “timesharing”. The word “custody” implies that one parent will have superior parental rights over the children and previously there was a “primary residential” [...]

Adoption Adoption Stepparent Adoption We enjoy handling step-parent adoptions; typically the family unit has informally existed for years and the step-parent adoption allows these families to legally formalize their family unit and define their legal rights and obligations. A step-parent adoption is the legal [...]