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Tampa Bay Divorce Attorney

Your career, your income,
your children.

Don't face divorce or a custody battle without an experienced, Board Certified — Marital & Family Law 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 — Board Certified Tampa Bay Divorce Attorney
Who we work with

Whatever you do for a living, your career, your income, and your children are at stake.

The Working Professional

A home, a retirement account, and a parenting plan to settle.

Your divorce decides who keeps the home, how the retirement is split, and the time you keep with your kids. Allyson presses for what matters most to you on each of them.

Allyson presses for what matters most to you, the home, the retirement, the support where incomes differ, and the time with your children. She represents working professionals and their spouses across Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Hernando counties.

Under Florida § 61.075, all assets and debts accumulated during the marriage, including retirement accounts, home equity, and savings, are subject to equitable distribution regardless of whose name they are in.
The Tradesperson

Skilled work, irregular hours, and time with your children.

A tradesperson's income is built on hours and skill, and the parenting schedule runs on shift work that rarely fits a standard week. Allyson argues the income that supports the marriage, the division of the home and the retirement, and a parenting plan measured against the hours the work actually demands.

The schedule a court sets has to match how the family lives, because a plan built on an assumed week is the one that returns to court. She represents tradespeople and their spouses across Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Hernando counties.

Florida divorce covers both finances and children. Equitable distribution, child support, and parenting plans are determined in the same proceeding. Settling all three at the start costs less than amending them later.
The High Net Worth Client

A business, equity compensation, an estate that took a career to build.

When the estate is substantial, what counts as marital and what stays separate decides far more than the rough split does. Allyson argues that line, on a page built for estates like yours.

Under § 61.075, assets acquired or enhanced during the marriage through either spouse's efforts are subject to equitable distribution. For deferred compensation, stock options, and restricted stock units, whether and to what extent they are marital depends on the vesting schedule, the funding source, and the timing relative to the marriage.
The Healthcare Professional

A career in medicine builds wealth in retirement accounts and the income that funded a household.

A career in medicine is held in a 403(b) or a pension and in the income that shaped how a family lived, and in a divorce both come into question. The retirement saved during the marriage is marital, and the support is measured against the standard that income built.

Allyson argues the division of the retirement and the line on what the marriage shares, and she weighs the support against the salary and the statute that caps it. The retirement saved across a career is among the largest things the marriage holds, and how it is divided decides much of what each spouse carries forward. She represents healthcare professionals and their spouses across Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Hernando counties.

Under Florida's 2023 alimony reform, durational alimony cannot exceed 35 percent of the difference between the parties' net monthly incomes. Where one spouse earns a healthcare salary and the other earns less, precise calculation shapes both the support award and the division of the retirement.
The Trades Business Owner

A business built over years of reinvestment, and what becomes of it in a divorce.

A trades business is built over years of reinvestment, and in a divorce its equipment, its receivables, its customer list, and the value of its name become part of the marital estate. Allyson argues the valuation of the business and the line between what the marriage shares and what stays separate, and she presses for an accurate accounting of the company.

The business is usually the largest thing an owner has built, and the valuation decides what becomes of it. She represents trades business owners and their spouses across Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Hernando counties.

Business valuation in divorce generally calls for a neutral forensic accountant. Allyson retains Tampa Bay experts who specialize in small and mid-size business valuations and move quickly when timing matters.
The Medical Professional

A practice carries real value, and Florida reaches the part the law counts as marital.

A medical or dental practice carries real value, and a Florida divorce reaches the part of it the law counts as marital. Allyson draws the line between the enterprise goodwill the marriage shares and the personal goodwill that stays with the professional, and she retains the forensic accountants who support that line.

A practice is built on one person's name and license, which is what makes its value so hard to fix. She represents practice owners and their spouses across Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Hernando counties.

Under Florida Statute § 61.075, marital assets are subject to equitable distribution. Whether goodwill is marital, and how a practice is valued, depends on the facts of the case and how they are argued.
The Gray Divorce

A long marriage and retirement on the horizon, where the assets and the support are decided together.

Ending a long marriage divides a retirement built for two, a pension earned across decades, and accounts whose timing was planned around a shared future. Allyson argues the division of the retirement and the support that follows it, and she weighs the order in which the accounts are drawn down against the tax each carries.

At this stage the settlement has to last, because there are fewer years to rebuild what a divorce divides. She represents clients on both sides of a gray divorce across Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Hernando counties.

Under § 61.075, all retirement assets accumulated during the marriage are subject to equitable distribution. Under § 61.08, durational alimony for a marriage of twenty years or more is capped at 75 percent of the length of the marriage. The division of assets and the award of support are weighed together, since what a spouse takes in assets bears on what that spouse needs in support.

She gave me a realistic evaluation of my situation, 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.

Brett, Hughes Law Group Client
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A Board Certified family law attorney, ready to hear your situation and tell you where you stand.

Board Certified in Marital and Family Law, Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and Past Chair of the Florida Bar Family Law Section.

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Hughes Law Group serves clients throughout the Tampa Bay Area, including Pasco County, Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, and Hernando County: New Port Richey, Wesley Chapel, Trinity, Land O’ Lakes, Dade City, Tampa, Lutz, Palm Harbor, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater, Spring Hill, and Brooksville.

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