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...
Child Custody
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...
Especially since we live in an area with a large military population, relocation is a big issue in divorce and custody cases. We have lots of women here just because this is where their husbands were stationed. They have no particular attachment to the area, and their entire family support system is somewhere else. When...
Most elements of a divorce are handled by agreement of the parties. Settlement has taken on a negative connotation because people think that in order to reach a settlement you must "settle." It's probably true that, in order to reach a settlement, there has to be a certain degree of give and take on both...
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...
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...
If your child’s father has relocated to another state, you could wind up with a child custody nightmare on your hands, especially if you send your child to visit him without an established custody order in place. Here’s what happens: you think things are okay, and he’s not really fighting for custody. He asks to...
Child custody myths vs. child custody facts; it’s important to know the difference when you’re a parent seeking a divorce. Newport News family law attorneys often encounter clients with misconceptions about child custody; the following are among the most common. Common Child Custody Myths Child Custody Myth 1: If parents split custody 50/50, neither will...