Perhaps the most important thing in life is a stable and happy family life. Navigating through dissolution (divorce) actions, paternity actions, post-judgment motions, child support, timesharing, relocation, or other family law matters can be draining—emotionally, physically, and financially.

Although Law Offices of Dayna Maeder primarily focuses on appeals and trial support, the firm represents clients on the trial level with a variety of post-judgment legal needs that can arise. And when it does, these cases get the utmost attention and quality representation. We will fight for you. We will fight for your children. And in the off-chance things do not go the way they are supposed to, we are ready and willing to handle your family law appellate needs. These post-dissolution or post-judgment (if paternity) matters, such as enforcing terms of a final order, complying with a settlement agreement, following a parenting plan or timesharing schedule, alimony enforcement, child support enforcement, attorneys’ fees enforcement, or other contempt matters.

The firm also provides advocacy in situational changes that warrant modifications to final orders, parenting plans, or timesharing schedules, such as a relocation, a job change, or evolving needs of your children. The firm can guide you through a modification process, from petition to final judgment, to ensure the needs of you and/or your children are met. We can discuss with you the criteria for each, what the courts typically focus on, and the overall procedure. Relocation, timesharing, child support, and alimony are consistently topics for modifications.

Law Offices of Dayna Maeder has also worked with former couples to obtain family law results through the method of collaborative law, where families can resolve disputes without going to court. Litigation can be expensive, and it can take an emotional toll, with the final result being left up to a third party (the court). In collaborative family law, the former couple can control decisions on the long-term restructuring of the family. Collaborative law balances power between the parties and protects everyone’s rights.

The parties, their attorneys, and financial or therapeutic consultants if needed, function as a settlement team whose goal is to find acceptable solutions for everyone. It is generally less expensive, quicker, more private, and often achieves more desirable results than traditional litigation.

Contact Law Offices of Dayna Maeder to discuss your Florida family law needs.

Attorney Maeder is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator and happily assists Florida family law trial attorneys in resolution of issues involving all things family. Many counties in Florida require mediation when a family law matter is filed. Attorney Maeder can act as a neutral third party who can facilitate agreement between two parties at odds can often be the life raft needed amid an emotionally and financially draining dissolution or paternity process.

Mediation is a confidential process that allows the parties the flexibility and control to reach a resolution unique to their family and its needs.

Mediation can be such a wonderful alternative to court—especially when judges have to make snap decisions about families on limited information, which can sometimes lead to an unpredictable or unsatisfactory outcome. A court is also limited by the law as to certain decisions, which can make a party feel that the ruling falls short of addressing the real needs of them and their children. Even under the best of circumstances, when litigation results are reasonable, both spouses have paid a heavy price, both financially and emotionally. Mediation can remedy one, two, or more—sometimes all—of the issues between a former couple.

Contact Law Offices of Dayna Maeder to discuss your Florida family law mediation needs.