The decision to get a divorce isn’t one that any woman I’ve ever met has taken lightly. If it’s over – and you know it’s over – and it’s time to start gathering information about that next step, you’re in the right place. I know it can’t be easy to think about, even if you...
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It’s not difficult to have fault based grounds for divorce. In many cases, as the marriage has broken down, one or both of the parties have committed adultery, been cruel or caused an apprehension of bodily hurt, or deserted or abandoned their spouse. Still, I often feel like the general impression that women have...
In many ways, spousal support cases are always complicated. For one thing, the case means – it always means – that one party has significantly more in the way of financial assets than the other. Remember, there are three basic factors that help determine whether a spouse will be awarded support. 1. Need versus ability...
I saw an infographic the other day that compared the costs of owning a home versus renting a home. Admittedly, it was an infographic created and propagated by a mortgage lending company, so let’s just say they have some skin in the game. It added up the cost of rent at $1,000, $1,200, $1,400,...
When mom and dad don’t agree about fundamental things – like summer school – but have a court order awarding them joint legal custody, we often run into problems. When parents live nearby, summer school isn’t such a challenging issue, even if both parents aren’t on the same page. For two parents living in the...
There are many things about a divorce and custody case (or just a plain custody case) that are pretty anxiety-inducing. Ove the years, I’ve written about a lot of them as it relates to custody cases – from relocation, to issues with grandparents wanting their own specific parenting time, military deployments, mental illness and...
I can tell you how the conversation always goes. “You represent women only? Your poor husband.” “Women only, huh? Scary for men!” “Family law – how awful!” “Young people these days, they just don’t try hard enough to make a marriage work.” It’s pretty predictable, and it actually happens all the time. People are...
There’s a difference between the way regular, normal, people use the word separated in a sentence and the way Virginia divorce lawyers use the word separated. I think it’s often a little confusing to reconcile the different understandings of the word. For one, because on each side it seems so clear that everyone seems to...