Your career, your income,
your children.
Don't face divorce or a custody battle without an experienced, Board Certified attorney in your corner.
She can't control the courts. She can promise you won't lose sleep wondering if someone's on top of it.
Allyson Hughes is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law — a credential held by fewer than 1% of Florida attorneys — and one of fewer than 1,600 attorneys in the United States elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Whether you are a physician, a CRNA, an electrician, or a business owner, that level of experience is the difference between an outcome that protects you and one that doesn't.
Your career, your income,
your children.
Don't face divorce without an experienced, Board Certified attorney in your corner.
She can't control the courts. She can promise you won't lose sleep wondering if someone's on top of it.
Rather than sugar-coating things, she gave me a realistic evaluation of my situation — which was not what I wanted to hear at that moment, but something I needed to. In court she was well-prepared and the judge respected her.
When the stakes are high,
experience is the difference.
Board Certified. AAML Fellow. 30+ years. Ready to hear your situation and tell you the truth about it.
Schedule a Consultation (727) 842-8227The road was long.
The sacrifice was real.
Your divorce deserves an attorney who fights as hard as you did to get here.
The road to this career was long and the sacrifice was real. In a divorce, you need an attorney who understands that — and defends it accordingly.
In a Florida divorce where one spouse significantly outearns the other, alimony is often the central issue. The question isn't whether it will come up. It's how much and for how long.
Florida's 2023 alimony reforms changed the landscape significantly. Permanent alimony is gone. Durational alimony is now capped at 35% of the difference between the parties' net incomes, and the length of the award is tied directly to the length of the marriage. Those reforms matter enormously — but only if your attorney knows how to apply them precisely and argue the exceptional circumstances framework when the other side pushes back.
The difference between an attorney who understands § 61.08 and one who doesn't can be measured in years of payments and tens of thousands of dollars.
Early mornings. Hard work.
Let's make sure you keep as much of it as the law allows.
Whether you own the business or work for someone else, you've put in the hours. Early mornings, long seasons, physical work that adds up over the years. If you're going through a divorce, you need an attorney who respects what that work has produced and knows how to protect it.
Divorce is going to cost something. The goal is making sure it costs as little as possible — and that your kids stay in your life on a schedule that works with how you actually work.
Rather than sugar-coating things, she gave me a realistic evaluation of my situation — which was not what I wanted to hear at that moment, but something I needed to. In court she was well-prepared and the judge respected her.
How the
process
works.
Florida divorce law has specific timelines and requirements. Allyson prepares you for each step — so nothing catches you off guard and no opportunity is missed.
A consultation where Allyson listens to your situation and gives you a realistic picture of what to expect — not what you want to hear, what you need to know. No sugarcoating.
Under Florida law, both parties must exchange mandatory financial disclosure within 45 days of the petition being served. We guide you through this carefully — it sets the foundation for everything that follows.
Support, timesharing, and asset protection don't have to wait months for a final hearing. Temporary relief mediation typically occurs within 6–10 weeks of filing. We prepare you thoroughly to make the most of it.
Most cases settle through negotiation and mediation. When they don't, Allyson is an experienced trial attorney — former Co-Chair of the Florida Bar's Matrimonial Trial Advocacy program. She prepares every case as if it's going to trial, because sometimes it does.
When the stakes are high,
experience is the difference.
Board Certified. 30+ years. Ready to hear your situation and tell you the truth about it.
Schedule a Consultation (727) 842-8227