Are you separated – and headed towards divorce – or just separated and ultimately hoping to reconcile? Sometimes it’s clear. Other times, though, it’s anything but. In any case, whatever you’re hoping for in the long term, you probably have a lot of questions about what to expect and what you should be doing. That’s...
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I hear all sorts of chatter about whether – or not – it matters if your marriage has lasted ten or more years before you divorce. I’ve talked about it before, in the case of the military ten year myth, but let’s dive in deeper. Now, before I go any further, I want to...
There’s no good way to find out that your husband has cheated on you. Even if you don’t know – you only suspect – it’s a challenging time. You are trying to reconcile something horrible with the man that you thought you knew but, also, you’re trying to plan for what comes next. Can...
The other day, I got a family law question I had never gotten before. “Can I ask you about my parent’s divorce?” it read. I had commented on a local moms group, identified myself as a lawyer (hopefully not in an obnoxious, know-it-all kind of way), and this was one of the comments. “Yes,” I...
I have always felt strongly that, when it comes to working and the cost of childcare, it is not the responsibility of only one party to earn ‘enough’ to make childcare ‘worth it’. It’s a shared responsibility between two partners, so the fact that one partner is lower earning is relevant but should not be...
Question: I am in a custody case in Virginia. My child’s father and I both have lawyers and there is a Guardian ad litem involved. I got a letter from the other attorney that my attorney forwarded to me, stating that they were withdrawing from the case. I asked my attorney if she knew why...
While things are pretty go, go, go for us through most of the year, there’s no question that – sometime round about the fourth quarter – there’s a slowdown, too. The reality is that most people don’t really want their divorce or their child custody case to be at the forefront during the already exciting...
Why Every Woman in Hampton Roads Needs to Mark Her Calendar for Girl’s Night Out! When was the last time you had a night that was just about YOU? No kids asking for snacks, no partner wondering where you put the remote, no work emails buzzing in your pocket. Just you, connecting with other...