Benjamin J. Cox,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
I was admitted to practice in 1983 and have been practicing family law for over 27 years. I have handled complex and oftentimes highly emotional divorce and family law cases involving custody battles, cleverly hidden marital assets, and DCF cases alleging serious child abuse or neglect. As a Lake County Family Law Attorney and current President of the Lake County Family Law section, my expertise and sensitivity enable me to cut through the most complicated, even deceptive, claims and counterclaims to protect my clients' rights.
The Law Office of Benjamin Cox handles myriad divorce and family law cases, many of which require the input of expert psychologists, guardians ad litems and parenting coordinators to determine a parenting plan and timesharing arrangement with children.
The Law Office of Benjamin Cox often handles divorce cases involving marital assets totaling millions of dollars. These cases require the discovery of corporate assets utilizing the help of expert CPAs, certified business evaluators and forensic accountants who must determine true asset calculations in spite of clever and convoluted attempts to conceal them.
Benjamin Cox is the current President of the Lake County Family Law section, and one of the members of the statewide committee that rewrote major legislation for Chapter 61 of the Florida Statutes. The new legislation replaced outdated language with specific, new language and definitions of parenting plans and timesharing between parents and their minor children.