We rent out part of our Hollywood property. How is that treated?

The property is divided as an asset, and the rental income counts in the support analysis. Occupancy history, platform records and expenses all matter to both questions.

My spouse owns a business here. Do I have a claim to it?

Possibly. A business started or grown during the marriage generally has a marital component, which usually means a valuation. The result may be a buyout rather than co-ownership.

Can my spouse take our child out of the country?

That should be addressed in the parenting plan. Passport control, written consent for international travel and notice requirements can all be written into the order.

Hollywood, Florida - Broward County

Hollywood Divorce Attorney

South Broward divorces, from beachside rentals to family-run businesses.

Hollywood divorces frequently involve income that a pay stub cannot describe. Hospitality and Broadwalk businesses, short-term and seasonal rentals, port and cruise-industry employment, and family-owned shops along Hollywood Boulevard all generate earnings that vary by season and are easy to understate. Support and equitable distribution both depend on establishing what the household actually earned.

Property questions in Hollywood also tend to involve more than the marital home: a duplex in Hollywood Lakes, a unit rented to visitors, a small commercial space. Each has to be classified as marital or non-marital, valued, and dealt with in a way that accounts for the debt and the income attached to it.

Many south Broward families have ties abroad or elsewhere in the country, which raises questions about foreign assets, out-of-state property and travel with children. We address those in the judgment rather than leaving them for a later fight.

Where a Hollywood divorce proceeds

Hollywood is in Broward County. Divorces are filed in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, with family division hearings at the Broward County Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Broward operates a south regional courthouse in Hollywood for certain matters, but family cases should be expected downtown.
Six months of Florida residency is required before filing, and the county is set by where the spouses last lived together or where the respondent lives.
Rental income, business income and cash-heavy earnings are established through tax returns, deposits, processor records and business books during mandatory disclosure.
Mediation is required in contested cases before a trial date is assigned.

Hollywood questions we hear

For the full statewide overview of this area of law, see our divorce page.