There are a lot of unknowns in life. When you got married, you probably didn’t think you’d eventually find yourself thinking about heading down the path towards divorce. And yet – here you are. You’re in the right place, of course, and you’re certainly asking the right questions. It’s important that, before things go too...
Monthly Archive: July 2017
I get asked all the time what the general rule is with respect to getting a boyfriend after separation. To be fair, a fair number of my clients tell me that they’ll never remarry and that men are scum, but there are plenty of others who are looking for love before the ink is dry...
Having everything available digitally makes some parts of the divorce process more difficult and makes other parts easier. Most of the time, it just makes things more time consuming, as more and more clients bring in pages upon pages of text messages and pictures that they’ve saved in the hopes that they will prove “important”...
What does a Virginia divorce lawyer do? It’s a question we get all the time, and one it feels like we’re constantly answering. Do you take this type of case? Or this? What about this one? It seems like, when it comes to what exactly a family law attorney does, a lot of people are...
If you believe your husband is suffering from a personality disorder – like narcissism – you’re not alone. In fact, one of the more common things we deal with in our practice is narcissism, both of the diagnosed and undiagnosed variety. Narcissistic husbands are more likely to be difficult during the divorce process; they tend...
Determining holidays and visitation are often the top of mom’s lists when it comes to determining how custody and visitation will be handled. I get it. I mean, there’s a lot of emotional, cultural, and anthropological significance associated with the holidays we celebrate. Determining holidays and visitation are often the top of mom’s lists when...
There’s no question that going through a divorce or custody case is difficult in more ways than one. Whenever we talk to women, particularly women who are at the beginning of the process, they cite a whole laundry list of concerns that are keeping them lying awake at night. Whether their concerns are more emotional...
One of the questions I get all the time is, “What if my child doesn’t want to go to visitation?” Or, “if she’s sick, do I have to make her go?” In general, “Do I have to make my child go?” is a big one, and it can crop up in all sorts of different...