In the time between now and your custody case, you’re probably not going to be able to learn absolutely everything there is to know about child custody law in Virginia. There’s a lot of law out there, and it’s hard to read up on everything and know every single little nuance that might be an...
Child Custody
Custody cases are interesting, because they can stand alone, or be part of a divorce. Even after you’ve gotten everything all sorted out, you can get pulled back into court again and again (based on a material change in circumstances) until the day your youngest turns 18. Because custody cases can happen in so many...
It seems like, lately, breastfeeding is a huge issue. Either that, or I’m just more sensitive to it because I work in a law firm that is focused on representing women in family law cases—and because my boss, Kristen Hofheimer, is pretty well known for a pro-breastfeeding piece she wrote back in law school about...
The holidays are around the corner, which means that our office will soon be buzzing as we work to figure out everyone’s holiday custody and visitation schedules. Most of the year, custody and visitation (at least, for most people) is handled relatively quickly and easily. With the holidays in full view, however, all bets are...
On Monday, we talked about your options if you’re planning on handling your divorce case without hiring an attorney. In Virginia, like I said the other day, you’re welcome to represent yourself in the court without an attorney—there aren’t any rules against it. Of course, depending on what type of case you’re facing, it may...
Custody and visitation cases are some of the hardest cases in family law, because so often there really isn’t a way to win. You’re fighting with someone you used to love, on top of the fact that you’re fighting about your children—and, let’s face it, usually children really aren’t oblivious to all the fighting going...
You only have to turn on the TV to discover (if you didn’t already know) that the modern family is a complicated, messy situation that can involve all sorts of people, from parents and step-parents, to aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters, godparents, grandparents, unrelated family friends, and other partners. It doesn’t really matter whether the...
On Monday, we started talking about child custody cases. We talked about planning at the beginning of your custody case, how custody is determined, what factors affect custody, and goal setting. In most cases, this is a great start, because we start identifying and addressing the potential issues and coming up with ways to try...