Angela R. Neave
Top rated Family Law attorney in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Neave Family Law Group, P.A.
Practice areas: Family Law; view more
Licensed in Florida since: 2007
Education: Southwestern Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2010 Call today:
954-903-7019
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2400 E Commercial BlvdSuite 826
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Visit website
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The owner of her law firm Neave Family Law Group, P.A., attorney Angela R. Neave represents clients in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With more than 17 years of experience, Ms. Neave focuses her practice on family law issues related to child custody and support, pre- and postnuptial agreements, divorce, spousal support, domestic violence, paternity, relocation and collaborative divorce.
Ms. Neave received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2004. She took part in the Southwestern Law School’s two-year accelerated SCALE J.D. program in order to fulfill her dream of becoming an attorney and starting her own firm. She obtained her Juris Doctor in 2007.
For her successful track record and fierce dedication, Ms. Neave’s firm was selected among the 10 Best Law Firms by the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys. She was part of the 17th Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem Program, and as a certified guardian ad litem, she advocates for the rights and entitlements of children who are neglected, abused or abandoned.
An established trial attorney, Ms. Neave has experience litigating all kinds of family law cases. She also handles collaborative divorce cases and makes a good-faith effort to negotiate acceptable agreements between parties in a non-adversarial way.
A frequent speaker and presenter, Ms. Neave discusses legal issues concerning family law. She presented at the National Association of Divorce Professionals and at Broward County Bar Association's Nuts & Bolts Seminar for Family Law. She is a former board member of the National Association of Divorce Professionals.
Practice areas
Family LawFocus areas
Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Father's Rights, Marital Property, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements
- 100% Family Law
First Admitted: 2007, Florida
Professional Webpage: https://neavefamilylaw.com/about/
- Received 10 Best Law Firms Award for exceptional and outstanding client service from the American Institute of Family Law Attorneys., 2017
- Presented the topic of Practice and Procedure at the Broward County Bar Association Nuts & Bolts Seminar for Family Law, 2014
- Served as the Director for the Fort Lauderdale Lunch Chapter of the National Association of Divorce Professionals group., 2019
- Served on the Board of Directors as Membership Chair to the Fort Lauderdale Lunch Chapter of the National Association of Divorce Professionals., 2018
- Attended training to become a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator in Marital and Family Law., 2018
- Presented the legal process topic for the certified divorce specialist training provided by the National Association of Divorce Professionals., 2019
- The Firm represented a client whose spouse liquidated over $1,000,000 in assets and hid them from the client. After conducting in depth discovery, we found the assets, attended a final hearing in which the Judge awarded our client over 1/2 of the absconded assets., 2023
- The Firm represented a client in a high net worth dissolution action. The client traveled extensively for work and owned a business that operated worldwide. We successfully carved out all of the client's non-marital assets including all growth thereon, and minimized his alimony exposure with a reasonable alimony amount to be paid to the other party for a reasonable and short period of time. , 2022
- The Firm represented a client in a dissolution of marriage action in which the marital estate included extensive assets requiring identification, valuation and distribution along with a request for alimony. We successfully negotiated an alimony award which was commensurate with the high end of the alimony calculation and divided all assets equally between the parties, taking into consideration the tax consequences of splitting several of the assets., 2023
- The Firm represented a client to establish child support. Child Support and child support arrears were quickly established and a parenting plan including a timesharing schedule was implemented. , 2024
- The Firm represented a client whom was defending against a relocation request by the former spouse. After 3 days of aggressive trial representation, and prior to the ruling, the former spouse withdrew her petition for relocation., 2023
- The Firm represented client on behalf of minor child in domestic violence matter in which the child was sexually battered by the Respondent. After five (5) days of trial including experts, multiple lay witnesses and testimony by the parties, we successfully obtained an injunction protecting the minor child until the minor child becomes an adult., 2024
- Certified in Advanced Collaborative Divorce., 2018
- Certified as a Collaborative Divorce Professional., 2018
- Certified by the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Guardian Ad-Litem Program as a Guardian Ad-Litem. Angela's Guardian Ad-Litem practice focuses on working with teen aged children., 2011
- The Firm is providing pro bono services to a preschool teacher in a high-conflict matter in which the other parent continues to withhold the child when timesharing is provided to him. The child has successfully been returned to the client., 2024
- The Firm represented a veteran through Mission United in her dissolution of marriage action., 2019
- Represented a veteran in a pro bono collaborative divorce matter in which the parties had 4 children. Both parties were veterans. A parenting plan and marital settlement agreement were successfully negotiated and executed by the family., 2017
- The Firm represented a veteran through Mission United in her dissolution of marriage action. The other party refused to participate in the dissolution action., 2021
- 10 Best Law Firms, American Institute of Family Law Attorneys, 2017
- Excellence in Family Law, Lawyers of Distinction, 2023
- Top Ten Attorneys in Family Law, American Academy of Attorney Advocates, 2022
- Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, 2010
- Graduated from University of California at Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy., 2004
- Ethics on an Ethics Panel in 2015 at the Raising the Bar seminar put on by the Family Law Section of the Broward County Bar Association
Office location for Angela R. Neave
2400 E Commercial Blvd
Suite 826
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
Phone: 954-903-7019
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2025
- Rising Stars: 2010
