The Law Office of Cindy S. Vova, P.A. represents clients in the following areas of family law:

• Divorce / Dissolution of Marriage: Contested and Uncontested / Simple and Complex:
  The Law Office of Cindy S. Vova, P.A. handles all types of divorces - from simple uncontested cases, where both parties agree on timesharing and there is limited property and debts to divide, to complex matters involving millions of dollars, significant assets, valuations of assets and division of business interests...
  
  
   
• Alimony:
  In Florida, alimony is appropriate in some cases and not appropriate in others. Either spouse may receive alimony, depending on the circumstances. An award of alimony rests on number of factors. The first two, and the guiding factors, are the need of one spouse for alimony and the ability of the other spouse to, in fact, pay the alimony...
  
  
  
  
• Child Support - Establishment and Enforcement :
  Whether you are involved in a divorce case or a paternity case, if you have children under the age of 18, child support both, as to the amount and as to who, pays who must be established. Our firms helps you determine out the outset, get an idea of the child support obligation of both parents. The law requires parents to contribute to supporting their children, regardless of the parent’s income level. A parent cannot give away this right because the right belongs to the child...
  
  
  
  
• Child Time Sharing and Parenting Plans (formerly "custody"):
  When children are involved in a family law case, this quickly becomes the most important issue. Whether it is time sharing (Florida no longer calls it "custody") or parental decision making, The Law Firm of Cindy S. Vova, P.A. ensures that your children's best interest are protected...
  
  
  
  
• Modifications:
  When the court entered a final judgment, or you signed a settlement agreement a few years ago, you thought that all issues were resolved. However, that final judgment was entered into some time ago and some things have changed…you lost a job; your former spouse's income doubled; your children's needs increased...
  
  
  
  
• Paternity:
  
Establishing paternity under Florida law, although as simple as the potential (putative) father and child submitting to a DNA test, which is no more than a mouth swab, actually contains many subparts that impact a case...


 
• Pre-nuptial and Post-nuptial Agreements:
  When you hear wedding bells on the horizon it is difficult, awkward and sometimes downright unnerving discussing a prenuptial agreement with your future spouse. If you view a prenuptial agreement, however, as an insurance policy, then the concept of entering into a prenuptial agreement is really no different than buying auto insurance...
  
  
   
• Relocation:
  
After a divorce, circumstances sometimes arise where one parent desires to move an extended distance away from the other parent. Whether the parent intending to move spends the majority or the minority of time with the children, a move always impacts the post-divorce family. Whatever time sharing currently exists cannot continue after a move...


 
• Domestic Violence:
  Nobody has the right to threaten or harm another person. Unfortunately, relationships under stress often ignite to the point where violence results. Under Florida law ( §741.28 and 741.30, Fla Stat) virtually any unwanted contact or any credible threat of such unwanted contact, such that one has " reasonable cause to believe he or she is in imminent danger of becoming a victim of domestic violence," constitutes sufficient grounds to obtain an injunction for protection against domestic violence, also known as a restraining order...
  
  
  
  
• Property Division/Equitable Distribution:
  Almost without exception, divorce cases involve property division of all marital assets (ie: bank accounts, stock accounts, real property, retirement accounts, business interests and the like) as well as the equitable division of all liabilities...
  
  
   
• Adoption-Step Parent or Third Party:
  The Law Firm of Cindy S. Vova, P.A. has represented prospective parents for nearly 20 years. From our initial contact with the prospective parents, to the delivery of the child into the loving arms of the baby’s new mother and father, until the festive day when the Final Judgment of Adoption is signed by the Judge, our firm is committed to the process and with you 100 percent of the way, taking as much of the stress out of your hands, and making the process as exhilarating as possible...
  
  
  
  
• Collaborative Law:
  In keeping with our firm’s philosophy that the best resolution of a divorce or other family law matter is an amicable resolution, the Law Office of Cindy S. Vova, P.A. endorses using collaborative law in settling cases. The concept of "Collaborative Law" began in the 1980's in Wisconsin as an alternate method to the traditional divorce trial…
  
  
  
  
• Mediation:
  Mediation is a problem solving process in which a neutral and impartial third person acts to encourage and facilitate the resolution of a dispute. It is an informal and non-adversarial process intended to help you reach a mutually acceptable agreement where you both "win..."