Pedente Lite hearings are an optional part of Virginia divorce proceedings that are designed to temporarily deal with financial and custodial issues that must be addressed before the divorce is finalized. For example; if you and your spouse have children, you’ll need to decide where that child will be living, how much child support is...
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I just posted the following blog which is stirring up a hornet's nest Don't Bet on the Mediation Horse in every Race–Women often lose big in Mediation ! Posted by Charlie Hofheimer on October 3, 2009 at 2:46pm As an attorney for 35 years, a trial attorney representing only women since 1992 through my six...
So many times, my clients want witnesses to just be able to write a letter rather than appear in court. Unfortunately, this is not a college application, and your witnesses need to be in court. You aren't asking for a reference, you're asking for someone to come to be a witness in your case. Anyone...
Many parents are faced with the challenge of sending their children to college while in the middle of a divorce. In Virginia, neither parent can be financially required by the courts to pay for college unless college costs were agreed upon in a separation agreement or other document. This frustrates many parents, who feel that...
Effective July 1, 2008 Virginia Code Section 20-124.3:1 has been repealed. What this means is that your therapy records are no longer protected from coming into evidence in a custody case and that your therapist can be required to testify. Likewise, your husbands therapy records are not protected and his therapist can also be required...