Healthcare after divorce is a major issue for many Virginia women. Since husbands are traditionally the primary breadwinners, most families are insured under his health insurance policies. In military families, the children will stay on the military service member’s insurance policy after divorce, but because health insurance benefits can only extend to family members, yours...
Monthly Archive: April 2013
Even if you’re an experienced military wife, there may be things about the military that you don’t know and, if you don’t ask, could ultimately hurt you in your divorce. If you’re hoping to get information from a JAG attorney (or, even worse, his attorney) you could find yourself receiving less than you deserve in...
There are a lot of people who live in the Hampton Roads area because the military brought them here, and for no other reason. For many area women, they have followed their husbands here because it was where he was stationed, but their families, job experience, and other connections are elsewhere. When the marriage fails,...
In my blog yesterday, I wrote about what happens when dad wants to delegate his visitation during deployment to his new wife. This can be a very upsetting thing for moms to have to deal with, especially because it’s typically completely unexpected. There are a lot of competing emotions when a relationship breaks down, and...
If your child’s father is in the military, he isn’t the only person who can exercise his visitation. A military parent who is deploying has the ability to delegate his visitation to a family member, including a step parent, provided that the court finds that this delegation satisfies a two part test. First, the family...
Dealing with child custody in military families presents is often a lot more complicated than in non-military families, primarily because the military service member has very little control over his (or her) life. When it’s possible that a parent could be transferred to another location or deployed to another country, there’s a measure of instability...
I think it’s pretty safe to say that Virginia is NOT biased against military when it comes to custody. That does not mean, however, that a Virginia court would find that a deployable military service member is the most appropriate person to have primary physical custody. In Virginia, what the court is looking at is...
It’s pretty scary to imagine going through with your divorce alone, especially if you have to go to court. Almost every single time I go to court with a client, she decides to bring a close friend or family member with her. Though there’s absolutely nothing wrong with this, I encourage you to think carefully...