If you've been the primary caregiver for your children, you probably have (more than) a little anxiety about how your child's father will be able to take care of the children on his own. If you combine general inexperience with some actual problem (alcoholism, a personality disorder, or general instability), you're probably a complete emotional...
Monthly Archive: February 2013
In a divorce, everything gets divided, down to the can opener and the welcome mat. Everything that you’ve earned or purchased during the marriage is marital property, and each of you has an interest in those assets. Not only assets, but in divorce you’ll also share the debt accumulated during the marriage. Are there exceptions?...
Starting the Divorce Process in Virginia Beach Do you remember Driver’s Ed in High School? Do you remember sitting in the driver’s seat for the first time with the instructor by your side? I can remember the instructor telling me to put my foot on the break, put the gear in reverse, then take my...
Some things in a divorce are more or less guaranteed. Spousal support, however, is not. Unlike child support, which is based on a strict formula that reflects the incomes of both parents, work-related child care expenses, health insurance costs, and the relative amount of time that the child(ren) spend with each parent, spousal support cannot...
I recently read an article about divorce sex that said no one is talking about it, but everyone is doing it. I can understand the appeal. You're heartbroken and scared, you're worried about your future and start to wonder whether you'll ever meet someone and have sex again. There's also probably some lingering doubt about...
We all have the ability to instantly share information about where we are, who we're with, and what we're doing. As membership on sites likes Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ soars, even among otherwise responsible, respectable, professional people. Social media and internet dating sites have proven to be dangerous inventions, especially in divorce cases. Really, they...
The first steps you take are often the most important, because they go so far towards setting the tone for your divorce. Are you going to sit back and wait to get served divorce papers from your husband’s fancy attorney, or are you going to take the steps now that will protect you in the...
These days, technological solutions can provide help to solve some of the problems that come up in custody and visitation cases. Obviously, it is often easiest for parents to live in the same city, but that’s not always realistic. Sometimes, parents end up separated from each other through no fault of their own—for example, it’s...