Drake Law Firm, P.A.

04/03/2020

Sadly, there are parents who are attempting to keep children from the other parent during these times. Today, we received an email from the Powers that Be: "Pursuant to all current Final Judgments, Temporary Orders, Settlement Agreements, Timesharing orders or other orders of the Court awarding parental responsibility or time-sharing, continued adherence to all orders by all parties is expected. Time-sharing is considered an “essential” activity and fits in well with all administrative order, local, circuit, state and federal." Parents be kind to each other! Your children are watching.

04/25/2016

Maybe next year....

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has vetoed a controversial alimony reform bill, saying in his veto letter the legislation had the potential to put the “wants of a parent before the child’s best interest.” The bill was the last one sent to the governor, and is the final bill of the 2016 legislative session h…

03/23/2016

I don't do much criminal law these days but this was such a good presentation. I wish that the prosecutors in this circuit were allowed to make this sort of decision - what a change it would make.

When a kid commits a crime, the US justice system has a choice: prosecute to the full extent of the law, or take a step back and ask if saddling young people with criminal records is the right thing to do every time. In this searching talk, Adam Foss, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District At…

06/27/2015

Ignore the language but pay attention to the message!

Divorce is hard on everyone, especially kids. Here's how to dismantle your family better.

03/21/2015

Explaining divorce to a child is incredibly difficult. Ease the blow with these tips.

10/26/2014

Definitely need to do something about this travesty:

Parental gatekeeping is not an everyday word intact or separated families use but it has a very real impact and import on child custody cases. Are laws against reckless or malicious, restrictive gatekeeping overdue or is this a solution looking for a...

03/27/2014

Alimony reform put on hold.

Florida lawmakers announced last week that they will drop their efforts to overhaul Florida’s alimony laws in 2014.

03/29/2013

Good Law for people to know about:

TAMPA BAY, Florida -- Some people may hesitate to call police when witnessing a drug overdose because they fear being charged with drug possession.

06/26/2012

I wrote a paper on this in Law School. Glad to see the Supreme Court finally agrees.

The justices ruled in a 5-to-4 decision that such sentencing for those under 18 violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

06/21/2012

Mandatory sentencing under fire:

Unlike for Marissa Alexander, there have been no public rallies or elected officials protesting Ronald Thompson being sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing what could be described as a warning shot.