The tiniest of words can have the greatest consequence. An appellate court recently ruled that the word “a,” the smallest of words in the English language, could (and in fact did) mean the difference of a million and a half dollars.
In a December 2018 opinion, a Florida appeals court upheld a trial court’s denial of the former husband’s request to terminate his permanent alimony obligation after his ex-wife remarried. Normally, permanent alimony terminates upon the remarriage or death of the receiving spouse per Florida Statute 61.08.
There’s usually a pretty good reason that a couple is getting divorced. In my experience, one of the spouses is unhappy with the other due to incompatibility, infidelilty or mental health issues. And, if the parties don’t make good marriage partners, then chances are they won’t make good business partners after the marriage is dissolved.
Paul Rice of the Rice Law Firm was recently inducted into the Civic League of the Halifax Area. The organization was formed in 1963 and is a non-partisan, non-profit group of community leaders in the greater Daytona Beach, Florida area.
Paul Rice of the Rice Law Firm recently chaired a meeting of the Volusia County Bar Association's Family Law Section on May 3, 2018, at the Volusia County Courthouse Annex in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Section meets two to three times per year to discuss recent developments in family law and procedure.
Paul Rice and his good friend and former law partner of 30 years, Jim Rose, visited with their former UF law school class mate, John Morgan, at the Tiger Bay Luncheon at the LPGA clubhouse in Daytona Beach on November 9, 2017.
Paul Rice of the Rice Law Firm chaired a meeting of the City of Daytona Beach’s Nuisance Abatement Board on October 24, 2017 in the City Commission Chambers at City Hall.
Rice Law Firm managing partner, Paul Rice, and his wife, Kristi, both pictured here, traveled to Santa Rosa, California, to cycle the Levi Leipheimer's Gran Fondo on September 30, 2017.
