As far as equitable distribution – the legal process where your assets and liabilities are divided during divorce – is concerned, division of the retirement accounts is pretty easy. But, because retirement accounts represent a large portion of what most people have saved throughout their lives, they are also very emotionally complicated. The higher earning...
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There are very few things as difficult to overcome as adultery, especially as you then have to turn around and navigate your divorce. Though not every marriage ends after a partner commits adultery, I’m assuming yours is – or else you wouldn’t be here. I saw a question on social media about adultery the other...
There are very few things as difficult to overcome as adultery, especially as you then have to turn around and navigate your divorce. Though not every marriage ends after a partner commits adultery, I’m assuming yours is – or else you wouldn’t be here. I saw a question on social media about adultery the other...
If your soon-to-be ex husband (or your already ex-husband) has been verbally, emotionally, sexually, or physically abusive, it’s only natural to want to cut those ties at some point. From a therapeutic standpoint, it can make a lot of sense to go no contact. For most people, this includes blocking that person from contacting you...
Not all relocation cases are the same because not all moves are the same. Relocation is one thing if you and your child’s father are going to live across the country from each other; it’s another thing if you are going to be just on the other side of the HRBT. Generally speaking, when we’re...
You don’t have to end your marriage because of infidelity, but many women ultimately choose to end it. I’m not here to judge you for your choice, either way, but instead to help give you guidance on the Virginia divorce process so that you have an idea of what to expect if divorce is the...
One of the most difficult parts of child custody litigation is that it can be virtually never ending. Since custody, visitation, and child support are modifiable based on a material change in circumstances, you can – theoretically, at least – find yourself in court again and again, at least until you children turn 18 and...
There are so many anxiety-provoking things about the divorce process, it’s hard to speak to them all at once. Scratch that; I actually think it is literally impossible to speak to all the things at once. Fears about what will happen to the marital assets are rampant among divorcing women. It probably doesn’t help, either,...