Barry W. Kaufman

Florida Coastal School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor

2000

Florida State Bar  # 306540

Member

2000 - Current

Florida

Since 2000

Middle District of Fla

Since 2000

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Collections

Consumer Law

Class Action, Lemon Law

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

• General Civil
• Small Claims

Q. I received a letter from the Kentucky Labor cabinet, stating that I owe $6,000 for overpayment of unemployment benefits,

December 1, 2023

A: There's no real way to know how long this action would take, because we're talking about government. however, you should assume now that that your tax refund will be taken by the state. If nothing else, pay the first $250.00 because that might delay things a bit. Figure out an alternative to getting your LL the rent.

Q. Are there Fl laws on can the grandparents of a paternity case dictate the outcome of the case if they pay for attorney?

November 18, 2023

A: The third party person who pays for the litigant's attorney has no say in how the case progresses, because the payor is not the client. Neither clients nor payors dictate anything; the case progresses according to the law as applied to the facts of the case. If you think that you are going to tell the attorney how you want things done, or what to file because you are paying the fees, you should disabuse yourself of that notion. I daresay the person for whom you are paying the fees would find him or herself without an attorney fairly quickly.

Q. Dismissal without Prejudice in order to refile/reopen discovery with evidence previously left out.

July 7, 2023

A: Nothing is evidence until it is admitted into evidence by the court.

Since you are now playing lawyer, you might want to read the rules of procedure and make certain that dismissing your case and refiling is the best course of action.

A new case is a new case. Everything starts over when you file the case again. New case number, maybe even a new judge. And you get to pay the filing and service fees again.

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