Miami Family Law Attorney

As a Miami family law attorney, I provide services for divorce, paternity, child support, domestic violence and life documents. Learn more about each area from the links below.

What family law problem are you facing?

Going Back to Court for Changes or Enforcement

Circumstances for which you may have to go back to court usually involve children or alimony.  Each situation is different, of course, and will depend on what the court originally granted in the final judgment.

Going Back to Court to Change Timesharing

If your original case involved children, there may instances when you have to go back to court before your child reaches the age of majority on their 18th birthday.  This applied to divorces with children or paternity cases.

Courts keep the authority to makes changes in cases with children.  You can seek the court’s help to change timesharing or child support.  For example, you may need to go to court if you need to change the child support amount, either increase or reduce it.  Likewise, you may need to ask the court to change timesharing or enforce timesharing.

Before going back to court asking the court to change the child support or the timesharing, you need to determine if you’re likely to succeed in getting those changes done.  Otherwise, you may spend time and money in attorney’s fees and not get the results you anticipate.  If you’re facing either of these situations, consider a case assessment session before going into court.

In some cases, it may be about you having to enforce the timesharing in the final judgment, whether your case was a case of divorce with children or a paternity case.  For this situation, you also may want to seek the court’s help in enforcing it, or in giving you makeup timesharing for denied timesharing.

If either you or the other parent wish to move after the court entered the final judgment in your case, the parent wishing to move must comply with the statute on relocation.  This will also require that you go back to court if the other parent does not agree to the move.  If the other parent agrees to you relocating, you will still need to go back to court but the process is less

Going Back to Court for Alimony Problems

If you did not request alimony in your original divorce case, there is no right to go back to court later to request it.  Alimony, once waived, can never be recovered.

If you requested and received alimony as part of your divorce, you may go back to court to get help if you are not receiving it. You may be able to increase the amount, depending on the terms of the alimony you receive and financial circumstances.

On the other hand, if you are the one paying alimony and your income has changed, you may be able to have it reduced.

If you are facing a family law problem, find out if we can help you.              


Vivian C. Rodriguez practices law in Florida since 1988.  During that time she has helped individuals solve their family legal issues related to divorce in Florida, establishing child support in Florida, and child custody. Ms. Rodriguez provides legal representation at all stages of a case.

Vivian C. Rodriguez P.A.
Tel: 305-710-9419
Physical Address: One Alhambra Plaza, PH Floor, Miami, FL 33134 (Hours by Appointment Only)
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 350971, Miami, FL 33135
Email: vivian(at)viviancrodriguez.com  /  E-service: eservice(at)viviancrodriguez.com

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