If you believe your husband is suffering from a personality disorder – like narcissism – you’re not alone. In fact, one of the more common things we deal with in our practice is narcissism, both of the diagnosed and undiagnosed variety. Narcissistic husbands are more likely to be difficult during the divorce process; they tend...
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Determining holidays and visitation are often the top of mom’s lists when it comes to determining how custody and visitation will be handled. I get it. I mean, there’s a lot of emotional, cultural, and anthropological significance associated with the holidays we celebrate. Determining holidays and visitation are often the top of mom’s lists when...
There’s no question that going through a divorce or custody case is difficult in more ways than one. Whenever we talk to women, particularly women who are at the beginning of the process, they cite a whole laundry list of concerns that are keeping them lying awake at night. Whether their concerns are more emotional...
One of the questions I get all the time is, “What if my child doesn’t want to go to visitation?” Or, “if she’s sick, do I have to make her go?” In general, “Do I have to make my child go?” is a big one, and it can crop up in all sorts of different...
It used to be that private investigators were predominantly used in adultery cases (LINK) but, in recent years, we’ve come to a point where we probably utilize them even more often in custody cases. We can use private investigators to gather evidence on all sorts of custody-related issues necessary to put on a good case...
How are Virginia military divorces different? If you’re active duty military, retired active duty military, you’re married to an active duty military service member, or even if you’re married to a retired active duty military service member, there will be some components of your divorce that are a little bit different than traditional civilian divorce....
“Free to live as though single and unmarried” There are a lot of things about divorce that are confusing and, well, to put it simply, misleading. When it comes to separation agreements, there are a lot of things that make most people stop and say, “Wait, what?” I’m sure a fair bit of that comes...
Prenuptial agreements kind of stink. In fact, I really don’t like them. In my experience, they aren’t good news for the women that I represent and are really used against them at a time when they are the most vulnerable. When you’re happy (you’re about to be a bride!), it’s hard to think about the...