What is a Final Hearing and How do I Prepare for It?

What is a Final Hearing in a divorce? Florida Attorney Sergio Cabanas talks about the procedures involved in a final hearing and gives tips on how to prepare for it.
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Sergio Cabanas, Esq. has been practicing law since 1991, after graduating from Washington College of Law in Washington D.C. Attorney Cabanas is admitted to practice in the State of Florida and the U.S. Court for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. He founded the Divorce and Mediation Law Firm in 2006.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:08 What is a Final Hearing and How do I Prepare for it?
04:43 Outro
Transcript
Today's question is: Sergio, what exactly is a final hearing in a divorce case in Florida, and how does that process really work?
Well, in order to finalize your divorce case after a settlement agreement, judges require that at least one of the spouses, usually the party filing the divorce, attend a simple court proceeding
knows as final hearing.
If any of the spouses is seeking to change his or her name, that spouse is also required to attend the hearing.
This important hearing allows the judge to review the legal documents in your case, including, most importantly, the marital settlement agreement, to decide whether the divorce is legally eligible for a final judgment.
The final judgment is an important legal document that the judge signs, that formally and officially terminates the marriage once and for all, and it incorporates all the terms and conditions of your settlement agreement, so that it becomes legally enforceable thereafter.
This is the final step of the divorce process.
The final hearing itself usually takes about 10 to 15 minutes. However, the judge
will likely hold your hearing within the same block of time as other cases. So, while your actual hearing may only take 10 minutes, you may have to wait until your case is called, which could take
more than an hour, depending on the number of cases on the judge's schedule that day.
So, please be sure to give yourself plenty of time to attend this hearing.
Here are a few other tips on preparing for that final hearing, to make sure your case goes
as smoothly as possible.
First I suggest you should wear proper attire.
By that, I don't you have to necessarily show up with a suit and tie, it just means that you should be appropriately dressed, not wearing a t-shirt, in shorts, or sandals. While this simple proceeding should normally take only a few minutes, it's still a formal hearing before a judge in a court of law. So, I suggest you should dress properly. Conservative dress or business casual attire is preferred.
The last thing you want to do is make a judge angry at you simply because they don't think you're dressing in an appropriate, respectful manner.
Secondly, I would be careful with using cellular phones and personal devices at court. Please be sure all your personal devices are turned off while you're in the courtroom to avoid interrupting
the court proceedings.
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