37+
Years in Practice
65
Years the Firm Has Been Open
5000+
Cases
The Law Offices of Michael K. Poe
We’re proud that our law firm offers top-notch legal service!
Michael Poe has personally been involved in over 5,000 cases during his 37 years of practice, one of longest practicing active family law attorneys in Brevard County.
Why Hiring Michael Poe is Always a Smart Move?
Exclusive Practice
While some attorneys take on all types of law, Michael Poe has dedicated himself to Family and Divorce Law. With over 37 years of experience in practice, there is nothing Michael Poe can’t handle and hasn’t seen before. Your family is safe in his hands.
By Your Side
We understand that no one is looking for a family or divorce attorney when things are easy. Not only is Michael Poe dedicated to handling your case properly, but it is important that he and his staff treat everyone with the utmost dignity. We won’t hide the truth from you.
Timely Work
We never compromise for an attention to case’s details, but we also never waste your time idly! With an eye on detail, Michael K. Poe and his staff pride themselves on promptness during your case and communication throughout.
Our Legal Practice Areas:
Divorces are extremely difficult for all involved. They can result in protracted court battles, sky high legal bills, years of litigation and eternal hard feelings between ex-spouses. THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS. Even highly agitated couples can reach financial settlements, parenting plans, and other resolutions for their families without the emotional and financial cost of highly contested litigation.
Contested dissolution of marriage actions occur when parties are unable to resolve their legal issues amicably. This would include not only dissolution of marriage actions, but modifications of Final Judgments, paternity actions, contempt actions and Injunctions for Protection as well. Contested divorces can consist of many aspects of a marriage including but not limited to timesharing, child support, alimony, division of property, division of corporate assets, and other aspects of marriages that have to be resolved by the court if the parties cannot agree.
Paternity is the legal establishment of the child’s father. It is a common belief that if a man’s name is on the child’s birth certificate, that establishes him as the father of the child. However, until the Court enters a judgment of paternity, or similar order, the father has no legal rights and the mother cannot obtain child support from the father. A Petition for Paternity must be filed. The petition may be filed by either parent. Normally one parent is seeking child support and the other is seeking timeshareing with the child.
After the Court has entered a final judgment, whether it be divorce or paternity, the parties have a right to seek a modification of the judgment or order. However, in order to do so there must be substantial change in circumstances. The court is always open to modify child support if there has been a substantial change in the parties income, either up or down, and timesharing if there has been a substantial change in circumstances that would require the court to modify timesharing between the parties. The easiest of the modifications is for child support. In Florida we have child support guidelines and child support is based on the income of the parties. Modifying timesharing is much more difficult and you have to show that it is in the child’s best interest to have the timesharing modified. However, if the facts are right, the court will certainly modify timesharing agreements. The Court cannot modify the distribution of property that was determined to be fair and equitable in the final judgment unless there was fraud or other extraordinary circumstances.
The law firm provide mediators to those utilizing our mediation services. Currently there are numerous law firms that use our law firm as there number one pick for mediators. WE also provide mediation services for people that do not have attorneys and want to work out their differences amicably prior to filing for divorce.
Legal Service to those clients wishing to be involved in a collaborative dissolution of marriage. The firm provides the professionals that are needed in order to accommodate their financial, child time sharing, and emotional needs in addition to other legal services.