Bayonet Point, FL Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

You could call the clerk of court for the county where you lived at the time of the purported divorce. You could contact the lawyer who told you not to attend. In some states there is a publicly available database of all court cases which you can reach on the net.

Florida is an equitable distribution State. This generally means that any assets and liabilities acquired during the marriage are presumptively marital assets and marital liabilities subject to equitable distribution by the court. The court will start with a presumption of a roughly equivalent division of both the assets and liabilities between you. Depending upon the unique circumstances of your case, the court may order both houses sold, the liabilities paid off, and any remaining net proceeds split between you, or the court may award each of you one of the houses, and make adjustments to the distribution of the remaining assets and liabilities between you to account for any difference in the fair market values of the respective houses. You may want to consider attending mediation to attempt to resolve your dispute as a whole, or just the issue regarding the disposition of the houses. Consult with an attorney to discuss the specifics of your situation and your options.