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    We Speak for the Trees: Public Backlash to Florida’s 2024–25 Great Outdoors Initiative

    November 22, 2024By Kharla Salazar

    Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax is aptly titled after its main character: a mystical, short orange being who is the guardian of a Truffula forest and speaks on behalf of the trees and all the creatures who reside there.[i] The Lorax’s appearances are purposefully timed as he swiftly appears when the first Truffula tree is chopped, […]

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    Divorcing While Pregnant: Why the Courts should Consider a Pre-Parenting Plan

    November 7, 2022By Lydie Arakaza

    Pregnancy should be a happy time in a couple’s life; unfortunately, this is not always the case. While in many states divorcing can often assist spouses in escaping an abusive or toxic relationship, Florida courts have the discretion to postpone issuing a divorce judgment until the child is born.[i] Although Chapter 61 of the Florida […]

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    Bifurcation: A Word of Caution

    November 2, 2022By Casey Amaya

    Typically, in the State of Florida, when death occurs during a marriage, the spouse that outlives the decedent is known as a “surviving spouse.” However, when death occurs prior to a divorce decree, the common consensus in Florida is that death terminates the divorce proceeding.[i] Generally, the petition for dissolution of marriage becomes moot the […]

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    All About that Bass? Well, there could be Trouble: Concerns regarding Florida’s New Loud Music Law

    October 3, 2022By Carly Athanasatos

    An all too familiar scenario: you’re stopped at a red light when you begin to feel the approaching thuds of a stereo system being used passed its capacity. As the thuds grow louder, you recognize the rhythmic beats of music but cannot decipher which vehicle around you emits such loud sounds. Until you see, from […]

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