It’s not one that we see all the time (in fact, we prefer not to have cruelty come up!), but, in Virginia, cruelty is grounds for divorce. Cruelty can mean a lot of different things to a lot of people; in fact, I think most of us can agree that to verbally or emotionally abuse...
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Everyone hates their Guardian ad litem. Everyone. And, at some point, almost everyone asks how they can have their Guardian ad litem removed. I hear all the time that they’re totally biased. That the GAL is probably sleeping with the child’s father. (True story, I’ve heard that!) That they aren’t doing their job. That they...
There are a lot of unknowns in life. When you got married, you probably didn’t think you’d eventually find yourself thinking about heading down the path towards divorce. And yet – here you are. You’re in the right place, of course, and you’re certainly asking the right questions. It’s important that, before things go too...
I get asked all the time what the general rule is with respect to getting a boyfriend after separation. To be fair, a fair number of my clients tell me that they’ll never remarry and that men are scum, but there are plenty of others who are looking for love before the ink is dry...
Having everything available digitally makes some parts of the divorce process more difficult and makes other parts easier. Most of the time, it just makes things more time consuming, as more and more clients bring in pages upon pages of text messages and pictures that they’ve saved in the hopes that they will prove “important”...
What does a Virginia divorce lawyer do? It’s a question we get all the time, and one it feels like we’re constantly answering. Do you take this type of case? Or this? What about this one? It seems like, when it comes to what exactly a family law attorney does, a lot of people are...
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...
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...