For Florida parents who need a plan for their kids that actually holds.
You already know what a fair arrangement for your children looks like. Our job is to get it written down, signed, and enforceable.
Call 850-362-7228, or complete the short form on this page and we will call you. The first conversation is a free 10-minute phone call to find out whether we are the right fit.
Where You Are Right Now
Most parents who call us are not trying to win. They are trying to protect something. You have probably said some version of these already:
I'm not giving up my kids.
Under no circumstances does this end with me as a part-time parent.
I want them to have both of us. I just need it in writing.
Every exchange is an argument, and the kids can tell.
Florida law calls it parental responsibility and time-sharing. Parents call it custody. Whatever you call it, until a court signs a parenting plan there is nothing to enforce, and if you were never married, there is no schedule the other parent has to honor until paternity is established. If that is where you are, you are ready.
Two Versions of Next Year
Picture twelve months from now with nothing decided. The schedule still depends on the other parent's mood. Holidays negotiated by text. Your child one year older, still watching the two of you argue at the door.
Now the other version. The parenting plan is signed. It names the weeks, the holidays, the exchange point, what happens when work or a deployment gets in the way. Nobody has to be reasonable for it to work, because it is an order. Your child knows where they will be on Tuesday. You sleep.
Why Now
You have thought about this before. What usually changes is a thing, not a feeling: a move, a new partner in the picture, a school decision, a weekend that did not happen. When that lands, waiting stops being neutral, because every month without an order is a month of arguments at the door.
If you have been served, you have 20 days to respond. Call today. That deadline is real and it is the first thing we will help you with.
What Happens When You Call
- A real person answers. Ten minutes, no charge. We listen, we ask a few questions, and we tell you honestly whether we are the right firm. If we are not, we will point you to someone who is.
- You book a strategy session with an attorney. One hour, $150, prepaid, confidential, with an agenda: your situation, what you want for your children twelve months from now, what concerns you most, and then the options that actually fit, including whether paternity has to be established first. You leave with a plan and with the total price for your case in writing. You will know the number before you start. It does not grow.
- We carry it from there. The petition, service, mediation, the parenting plan and child support worksheet, and the hearing if one is needed. A calm, steady guide, and your calls returned.
Who We Are
Good Life Legal practices Florida family law and nothing else. We write parenting plans that name real places and real weeks, because a plan that ignores a duty schedule or a forty-minute school commute gets broken by Thanksgiving. Our strategies are smart, direct, and effective. We tell you the truth even when it is not what you hoped to hear, because an honest shake is the kindest thing we can offer. And because this is heavier than paperwork, every client has our Chaplain Care Service available any hour of any day.
Let's Talk
Call 850-362-7228, or complete the form on this page and we will call you. Confidential. No pressure. Ten minutes to find out where you stand.
P.S. Bring the current schedule, even if it is a text thread. It is the fastest way to show us what is not working.