The Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act was enacted in February of 1983 to help protect the rights of ex military spouses. Specifically, it provided authority for the state courts to treat disposable retired pay as marital property. Translation: the court can rule that whatever retirement money is earned during the marriage as a result...
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In our area, there are a lot of military families. In the Hampton Roads area alone, we have NAS Oceana, Little Creek Amphibious Base, Fort Eustis, Langley AFB, Fort Monroe, Fort Story, Dam Neck Naval Base, Naval Station Norfolk, and on and on. There are military families living on and off base all over the...
Divorce law is one of those areas of law that is very state specific, so it’s hard to know when you go from state to state whether things will be similar or very, very different. It can go either way, so it’s definitely best to check up on the specific laws that apply to whatever...
Hampton Roads has a very significant military presence. We are grateful every day to have a tremendous number of men and women in uniform protecting our freedoms at home and abroad. We’re used to seeing soldiers and sailors everywhere we go, driving their cars, dropping off their children, waiting in line behind us at the...
Whenever I’m trying something new, I wonder, “What should I know that I don’t know?” Sometimes, I try to ask that question, too, even when I’m not entirely sure what else I need to know or what I should be asking. When I was buying my house, I asked people things all the time, like,...
Husbands and wives typically don’t have a whole lot of faith in each other once things have dissolved to the point that they are divorcing. Most of my clients worry that their husbands are hiding assets or lying about something, and that this mysterious something will wind up being incredibly important. If you’re worried that...
Last month, we met a group of women at Sonoma Wine Bar and Bistro in Virginia Beach’s trendy Town Center area for Girl’s Night Out. We had a great turnout, with tons of current and former clients, some mental health professionals, financial professionals, artists, writers, parenting seminar coordinators, marketing gurus, mortgage lenders, Mary Kay consultants,...
If you could do anything, what would you do? Because, as depressing as it is sometimes to think about getting a divorce, you’re finally going to have the opportunity to do whatever you wish you would have done earlier on in your life. Do you want to write a book? Go back to school? Join...