Jupiter Divorce and Family Law Attorney

Jupiter is home to professional athletes, business owners, executives, and families who have built significant wealth, often with income that does not arrive as a steady paycheck. When a marriage ends, that income and the assets it built need careful analysis. The Law Offices of James S. Cunha, P.A. represents Jupiter residents in divorce, alimony, child custody, and prenuptial agreement matters, with a focus on high-asset cases and clients who value privacy.

Our office is in downtown West Palm Beach, about a 30- to 45-minute drive from Jupiter. We also offer virtual consultations, so you can meet with us without leaving home.

Athletes’ finances raise questions that most divorce cases never reach.

• Contracts and bonuses. Signing bonuses, performance incentives, and deferred compensation may be partly marital and partly not, depending on when they were earned.
• Endorsements and business ventures. Sponsorship deals, licensing income, and side businesses may need to be valued and classified.
• Short careers. A playing career that may end soon affects how a court looks at future income, alimony, and child support.
• Privacy. Clients with public profiles need a strategy that keeps financial details out of the headlines when possible.

The same issues apply to business owners and executives whose pay includes equity, commissions, or distributions that vary from year to year.

Jupiter’s waterfront lifestyle often brings boats, docks, and waterfront real estate into the marital estate. These assets may be titled in one spouse’s name, held through an LLC, or bought partly with premarital funds. We work with appraisers and forensic accountants to value and trace them, and to account for loans and carrying costs.

Jupiter is part of Florida’s 15th Judicial Circuit. Family cases for Jupiter residents may be heard at the North County Courthouse, 3188 PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens, or at the main courthouse in West Palm Beach, depending on how the case is assigned.

Jupiter Island and Hobe Sound, just to the north, are in Martin County, which is part of the 19th Judicial Circuit. When spouses have ties to both counties, which court is the proper place to file depends on where each spouse lives and where you last lived together. We represent clients in Martin County as well, and we review this question at the start of the case. We also represent clients in Martin County.

We represent clients throughout Jupiter and nearby communities, including Abacoa, Admirals Cove, Jonathan’s Landing, Jupiter Farms, Tequesta, and Jupiter Island.

• High-asset divorce. We work with forensic accountants and business valuation professionals to identify, value, and trace business interests, real estate, investment portfolios, and executive and athlete compensation.
• Alimony. We evaluate claims under Florida’s current alimony law and use our durational alimony calculator as a starting point.
• Parenting plans and child support. We build timesharing schedules that account for travel and competition schedules, and calculate support under Florida guidelines.
• Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. We draft agreements that address future contracts, endorsements, and business growth.
• Modifications. We seek or defend changes to alimony, child support, or parenting plans when income changes significantly, including after retirement from a sport.

If you live in Jupiter and are considering divorce or facing a family law issue, call the Law Offices of James S. Cunha, P.A. at (561) 429-3924 to schedule a confidential consultation. Consultations are by appointment only.