In a custody case, a Guardian ad Litem is an attorney appointed to represent the best interests of the child. Just like you have an attorney, and your child’s father has an attorney, your child has an attorney. It is the Guardian ad Litem’s job to interview the child, interview the parents, and, ultimately, make...
Monthly Archive: November 2013
It’s no secret: the judge in your divorce case may or may not be your friend. And, if he’s not, it’s kind of a big deal. After all, the judge is the person who, ultimately, will be responsible for making decisions about how everything in your divorce will be divided. If you find yourself in...
Divorce is a difficult process, but you should never feel like you’re in it alone. An experienced Virginia divorce attorney can make all the difference between being completely and totally overwhelmed and finding a way to create a blueprint for future security. It may not be great today, but with the help of an attorney,...
We just had our third Girl’s Night Out event, which was a barbecue and hayride out at Hunt Club Farms. We had SO much fun, and I’m definitely counting down until the next one. If you haven’t been to a Girl’s Night Out event yet, you’re really missing out! So far, we’ve had an end...
At some point, like it or not, your custody and visitation agreement will become more or less meaningless. Once your child reaches those pesky teenaged years and gets a driver’s license, it will be harder and harder to continue to handle custody and visitation the same way as before. It’s a tricky place to be...
There are very few things on which almost everyone agrees, particularly when you’re dealing with feuding husbands and wives, zealous attorneys, and conservative judges all at once. But, really, there’s at least one thing that probably almost everyone would agree on: children should never be asked to testify as a witness in a divorce or...
If you’ve been following my mini-series on discovery in Virginia divorce cases, you’re probably a little overwhelmed. With so many different tools available to us in the Virginia divorce process, discovery can be an expensive and time-consuming process, both for your attorney and also for you. You know that you’re going to get asked about...
A motion to compel is how we enforce our discovery requests. When the other side isn’t responding, or hasn’t given us all the information we’ve asked for, and the deadline has passed, we can file a motion to compel to ask the judge to force them to answer discovery (and, sometimes, to punish them for...