Hernandez Professionalism Award Recognizes Practice Excellence JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – First Coast family law attorney Lawrence Datz recently received the 2019 Rudy Hernandez Professionalism Award from the Florida Family Law American Inn of Court. The award is presented annually to recognize the Inn member who demonstrates the highest standards and represents the best qualities of local attorneys […]
See the full interview here: https://www.news4jax.com/video/florida-legislators-considering-changes-in-divorce-and-alimony-laws
January is often referred to as “the divorce month” among legal circles, because divorce filings in the U.S. typically surge at the start of each new year. Lawrence Datz, a partner at Datz & Datz, P.A., with more than 30 years of family law experience, visited the News4Jax team to discuss the uptick in divorce […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Beginning Jan. 1, alimony will no longer be tax deductible due to a 2017 tax overhaul enacted by President Donald Trump. Alimony payments are separate from child support. They are the payments that someone gives to an ex-spouse who earns less money. Read more and view the news clip by clicking here.
Jacksonville law firm Datz & Datz and its managing partner Lawrence Datz will be honored by inclusion in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The publication, considered the legal profession’s most respected peer review publication, named Datz one of the Best Lawyers in America and Datz & Datz as one […]
Family law expert Lawrence Datz of Datz & Datz, P.A. appeared on WJXT TV-4’s New4Jax Morning Show Monday, May 28 to discuss some of the national media coverage of Utah’s new free-range parenting laws as well as what Florida parents need to know about our state’s child neglect laws. Watch the entire interview here.
The concepts of “liberty and justice for all” are the essence of today’s “#METOO” and “#TIMESUP” movements, as it is for many who think the movements represent hypersensitivity. I write this article not only as a family law attorney, but also as a former prosecutor in a sex crimes division, former criminal defense attorney, human […]
Lawrence Datz was recently named the 2018 Jacksonville Family Law “Lawyer of the Year” in the latest edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Datz is the only local family law attorney to receive this recognition, which is voted on by his peers in the legal field. He has been selected for inclusion in The […]
Social media, texts and online activities are playing a larger role in legal proceedings – especially those involving divorce and child care. Lawrence Datz recently wrote a guest column for the Ponte Vedra Recorder discussing the role social media can play in divorce cases. Below is the full text from the column: Social media has […]
As more Americans become pet owners, “custody” of pets has become a growing issue. The Ponte Vedra Recorder published a column from Lawrence Datz about what happens to pets during a divorce. See the full text below: Americans unsurprisingly love their pets. In fact, 68 percent of U.S. households have at least one pet, according […]