Family Law

• Divorce
  Are you thinking about a divorce or do you have another family law issue which needs a legal solution in Hollywood? Divorce and family law matters are often very private, personal, and emotionally-charged situations which require sensitive and experienced legal counsel. At the Law Office of Steven Friedman, I understand the stress and anxiety you may be facing due to a potential divorce and all of its related issues. I know that you need objective, knowledgeable, and skilled legal advice and representation to help see you through what can be a difficult process. I am a Hollywood divorce attorney who has helped thousands of individuals and families over a long and successful history of over 30 years. That kind of experience and proven case results speaks to my firm's competence, knowledge, and dedication to clients.
• Child Support
  Florida law imposes a duty on each parent to provide financial support for their minor children. Child Support obligations are calculated through the use of statutory guidelines. The basic components needed to calculate support include the parties' income, health insurance and health insurance costs, day care expenses incurred to enable the parents to work, and other expenses that were historically provided for the children provided that they are still affordable after the parties are divorced.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Florida Law strongly favors that both parents of divorce maintain frequent and meaningful contact with their children after divorce. Ultimately the test the court applies in resolving custody and visitation issues is the best interest of the children. In a typical divorce case the court will award both parents shared parental responsibility.
• Paternity
  The probate process can be a sensitive issue for many people, and this goes for executors, personal representatives and beneficiaries alike. One of the parties may challenge one or more aspects of the probate administration, such as challenging the validity of the will, otherwise known as a will contest, or someone may challenge the status of the personal representative. There can be a challenge as to the identity of the heirs, or a challenge about how the personal representative is administering the estate. There can even be paternity issues with intestate estates, and even biological heirs can be denied their inheritance rights while non-biological heirs are granted inheritance rights.
• Premarital Agreement
  Are you planning on getting married soon? If so, you may be wondering about the benefits of having a prenuptial agreement in place. At the Law Office of Steven Friedman, I work hard to protect my clients' assets and help them devise sound strategies intended to preserve separate property. I have more than three decades of experience, can provide legal representation for all types of family law cases, and have assisted countless individuals in the preparation of prenuptial agreements and other essential documents.
• Guardianship
  It is a common misconception that having a will is enough because there is much more to having a good estate plan. An excellent estate plan will be designed to avoid probate and guardianship proceedings, save on estate taxes, protect your assets should you move into a nursing home, and it will appoint someone you trust to manage your assets should you become disabled or incapacitated.
• Spousal Support
  In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, the court may grant alimony to either party. Alimony may be rehabilitative or permanent in nature. In any award of alimony, the court may order periodic payments or payments in lump sum or both. The court may consider the adultery of either spouse.
• Child Abuse

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Disputes

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  During the past 40 years, I have represented many corporate and individual clients' establishing business entities, in drafting shareholder agreements, employment agreements and various business contracts. In addition, I have successfully prosecuted and defended hundreds of commercial disputes in both state and federal court, and before the American Arbitration Association. My combination of transactional and litigation experience has enabled me to counsel clients on ways to avoid the litigation process and has also enhanced my understanding and ability to represent clients in business disputes that result in contested litigation.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  If you are considering estate planning, probate or dispute resolution through the litigation process, it is vitally important that you have skilled and experienced representation on your side. Before hiring a Pembroke Pines estate planning, probate or litigation attorney like me, it is important that you understand the approach that your attorney will take, the results that the attorney can realistically obtain for you, and the cost of the attorney's services. Probably most important, you need to feel confident in their abilities as well as their experience.
• Wills
  I have represented countless clients in the courtroom in probate and trust litigation and will contests. Should litigation be necessary, I will always zealously fight for your best interests whether in a jury or non-jury trial. I will also work to help resolve disputes through negotiation and compromise should that be the optimum solution to avoid expensive litigation costs, time, and stress. Your needs and goals in pursuing legal action are always my top priority in managing your case.
• Trusts
  I am equally committed to administering through the probate and trust administration process those estates that require probate or trust administration to free up a decedent's assets for distribution of the decedent's assets to the decedent's heirs. Finally, when my clients' rights have been violated, I do not hesitate to go to battle in court before a judge or jury to obtain positive results for my clients. In fact, I have tried hundreds of court cases, both jury and non-jury.
• Power of Attorney
  A power of attorney is a legal document in which the maker of the document gives another person legal authority to act on his or her behalf under certain circumstances. The various circumstances under which the empowered individual may act are clearly defined within the document. Powers of attorney can be designed to address financial issues as well as health care issues. By the use of a properly drawn, durable power of attorney, you can authorize a trusted person to make financial and or health care decisions for you if you are unable to, due to sickness and / or disability. If you need help drafting a power of attorney in Pembroke Pines, Weston, Cooper City, Davie, Hollywood, and the surrounding South Florida areas please discuss your case with a Pembroke Pines probate lawyer today!
• Probate
  If the individual who owned the estate had established a will which was found, the remainder of the estate will be dispersed according to his or her wishes as stated in the will. This includes who benefits from the estate, what part of the estate they get and when they will be given it. If there is no will, the estate will be distributed according to the guidelines contained in Florida's probate law.

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  If you need legal assistance in Pembroke Pines, Weston, Cooper City, Davie or Hollywood, Florida, feel free to seek my representation in your case today! Contact the firm today to speak with a Pembroke Pines family law attorney, a commercial law attorney, or a foreclosure defense lawyer.
• Tax Law
  If you are married, then through relatively simple estate tax planning utilizing credit shelter and QTIP trusts you can shelter up to $22 million from any inheritance tax and still retain ownership and use of your assets and income upon each spouse's death.