Board-Certified Tampa Family Law Attorneys

Family Law Services We Handle in Tampa

From divorce and property division to post-judgment enforcement, we handle the full range of matters that arise in Florida family law. Whether your case resolves through negotiation or requires contested litigation, our team is prepared to represent you at every stage.

Our services include:

• Alimony and Spousal Support: Florida’s 2023 alimony reform, effective July 1, 2023, eliminated permanent alimony for new cases and revised durational limits. These changes directly affect how courts in Tampa calculate and award spousal support. We advise clients on how the current standards apply to their circumstances.
• Child Custody: Florida courts apply a best-interest-of-the-child standard to all custody and time-sharing decisions, weighing each parent’s ability to meet the child’s developmental needs, the quality of each parent-child relationship, and the parents’ capacity to communicate. We work to craft parenting plans and time-sharing schedules that support your child’s well-being.
• Visitation and Parental Rights: Courts typically award regular visitation to a non-custodial parent when contact serves the child’s best interest. We work to protect our clients’ parental rights and pursue visitation arrangements that are practical and sustainable.
• Child Support: We represent clients in establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support obligations under Florida’s guidelines, and we assist clients in pursuing adjustments when financial circumstances change.
• Domestic Violence: We assist those seeking protective orders under Florida’s domestic violence injunction process and represent individuals targeted by such orders, protecting their due process rights and working toward a fair resolution.
• Marital Agreements: We help engaged and married clients protect their property rights by negotiating, drafting, and reviewing prenuptial and postnuptial agreements tailored to their financial circumstances.
• Appeals: Appellate advocacy requires different skills than trial work. Our attorneys understand both, and we handle family law appeals with the analytical precision the process demands.
• Legal Separation: When divorce isn’t the right step yet, we can help you pursue a legal separation that addresses the same financial and parenting issues you’d resolve in a final dissolution.
• Relocation: Under Florida law, a parent subject to a time-sharing order who seeks to move more than 50 miles from their current residence for more than 60 consecutive days must obtain court approval or the written consent of the other parent. We represent both parents in relocation disputes before Hillsborough County family court.
• Post-Judgment Modification: Substantial changes in income, living arrangements, or family circumstances can warrant a court order modifying an original divorce decree. We guide clients through the modification process from filing through final hearing.
• Enforcement: When one party fails to comply with a court order, we pursue the appropriate remedy on behalf of the client the order was meant to protect.
• Paternity: We represent single mothers, putative fathers, and children in paternity actions that affect child support, custody, visitation rights, and inheritance.
• Name Changes: We help clients complete legal name changes following divorce or paternity establishment, navigating the procedural requirements efficiently.

Our Approach to Tampa Family Law Cases

Since 2008, Sessums Law Group, P.A. has built its reputation on thorough case preparation and diligent advocacy. We approach every matter by carefully evaluating the facts, identifying the legal issues, and helping clients understand their options before any decision is made. Family law cases can involve contested hearings, emergency motions, and post-judgment proceedings that demand both negotiating skill and courtroom readiness. Our team brings both.

Call Sessums Law Group, P.A. today at (813) 212-8330 or contact us online to schedule a consultation with our Tampa family law attorneys.