JMB Law Blog

The military offers gold-plated benefits tied to the sacrifices of frequent relocation and deployments served far from family. In divorce, these benefits are a common point of contention. What portion of retirement benefits is each spouse entitled to? Is an ex-spouse guaranteed to receive an offset if retirement benefits are waived? These military divorce questions…

In the state of Florida, police frequently set up drunk driving checkpoints where they randomly stop drivers to determine if they might be too drunk to drive. These checkpoints have caught many intoxicated drivers. However, some opponents to the use of DUI checkpoints claim that they are a violation of privacy and unlawful. So the…

If you and your ex-spouse can work together and come to peaceful agreement on important issues, you could be excellent candidates for shared 50-50 parenting plan arrangements. These days, Florida courts are eager to support parents in creating 50-50 plan arrangements so that their children can benefit from spending as much time as possible with…

When divorce comes knocking, it affects every area of your life. For those already well established in their careers and well into saving for retirement and other investments, the process can prove quite complex. Still, if you know that it’s time to end the relationship, you deserve a fair resolution to the matter, not a…

Florida drunk driving laws and penalties are severe enough as they are, but if you get convicted of aggravated DUI, the penalties are even higher. An aggravated DUI charge usually does not happen unless there are certain “aggravating factors” present. Perhaps you were driving home from a late night at work when a police officer…

For our source article today, we chose a random DUI reenactment story from a high school outside of the state of Florida. The location isn’t particularly important, nor is the content of the reenactment all that illuminating to most people who aren’t teenagers. However, the trend of these reenactments is the real point of this…

A lot of Florida drivers do not know that they don’t have to be driving their vehicles to get charged with a DUI. In fact, if you’re merely sitting in your vehicle, and parked on the side of the road without moving, you could be cited with a DUI violation if police suspect you are…

What often gets lost in the conversation about criminal charges is the role police play in the charge. So much focus is placed on the accused individual (or individuals), and a lot of attention is paid to the “horror” of the crime. Outrage is an easy feeling to conjure up when crimes are discussed. However,…

Defending people who have been accused of a crime has a stigma attached to it. Many people will immediately think that anyone accused of a crime must be guilty. It is just how some people think of the world. Of course, not everyone accused of a crime is guilty of the charges they face, just…

“Operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol” is a phrase that will immediately generate images in your mid of drunk people driving cars or trucks. However, operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol — or, for that matter, drugs — is not reserved to just motor vehicles on the roads. As many…