When you’re parenting after a Virginia divorce, you may decide to facilitate your child’s emotional healing on your own, by providing him or her with a comforting routine, verbal reassurance, and opportunities to express feelings.It’s important, however, to keep the option of professional counseling open. There are things to consider when contemplating professional counseling for...
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Any experienced Newport News divorce attorney will tell you that suspicion is a large part of many Virginia divorces. When a marriage is falling apart, it’s not unusual for the partners to suspect each other of all kinds of underhanded activities. Sometimes, these suspicions are merely expressions of the parties’ mutual disillusionment with one another...
During a Virginia divorce, you may run into some financial complications that can be traced to certain conditions in your marriage.In most marriages, there is one spouse who takes the lead in managing the household money. Which spouse ends up in this role usually depends on who has a talent for and interest in financial...
If you’re going through a Virginia child custody case and have concerns about the parenting style known as helicopter parenting, there are some things you should know.As parents, it can be difficult to watch your little ones grow up and you may subconsciously try to keep them attached to your side for longer than necessary....
In a Virginia stepparent adoption, both birth parents need to give consent in order for the adoption to move forward uncontested. But what if your new husband wants to adopt your child and you don’t know the whereabouts of the child’s birth father?It’s unfortunate that sometimes a non-custodial parent will simply fall off the radar,...
How are the current economic conditions affecting American marriages? A new report seeks to shed some light on money, class and divorce. The report, entitled “The State of Our Unions,” shows that while divorce rates for both the most and least educated couples have fallen, they have risen among moderately educated blue-collar families. It’s believed...
If you’re a Virginia woman and your spouse wants to become your children’s legal parent through stepparent adoption, you should consider all the joys and challenges of handling a blended family.When stepparent adoption is complete, you are a legal family in the eyes of the state, but on the home front, building a healthy family...
When you are at a point in the breakdown of your marriage that seeking a divorce in Virginia seems a likely or inevitable solution, you will need to prepare yourself for all of the emotional and logistical challenges that will follow. Just as important, you need to prepare yourself for the financial impact that ending...