In 1971, Florida eliminated the concept of fault in connection with divorce. No longer could one spouse argue that the other spouse committed adultery, abandonment or other action that caused the marriage to fail. Once a court determined that a marriage was irretrievably broken, it was ordered dissolved.

I joined the Florida Bar the next year. Since that time, I have seen remarkable changes in the way family law is practiced, including how technology has changed the profession so much that new attorneys would not recognize how things used to be.