I’m sure you’ve heard it before – divorce is expensive. But what is expensive? It definitely is a subjective word that means different things to different people. I’ve found, over the years, that nearly every client is very, very interested in how much the divorce will cost, but that very few really know what questions...
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On Monday, we talked about child support, and how difficult the time between when partners initially separate (or break up) and get child support established. Spousal support, in many ways, is similar. Because there’s no way to get spousal support without either the parties reaching a signed agreement or, alternatively, litigating the issue of spousal...
There’s often a really difficult in between period for moms – between when they formally separate from or break up with their child’s father – and when some of the protections under the law come into effect. For a lot of moms, establishing child support is a big deal, but there’s a period of...
“No, I don’t want a separation agreement – I just want the divorce,” is something that I hear all the time. Like, ALL the time. No, no, I say, you don’t understand. The thing is, and I’ve said it probably a million times already, in Virginia you either have to sign an agreement, or you...
There are as many different sizes and shapes of families navigating the complexity of different types of coparenting relationships as there are fish in the ocean. As much as its difficult to reconcile your every day reality with the reality of what you see from friends and family on social media, it is important to...
There’s never an easy answer to the “I don’t have money for my divorce” question. I’m a lawyer; I’m not really in the business of making money appear where there isn’t any. In family law, there are a lot of different kinds of cases, though, and, in most of them, there is some money....
If it’s your first year dealing with a new coparenting arrangement through the holiday season, you’re not alone. Each year we hear the same things, over and over again, from the moms who are having to experience navigating a new normal at the so-called ‘most wonderful time’ of the year. In a lot of ways,...
There are a lot of struggles between coparents when the relationship between them breaks down. And, just like each child has his or her own struggles, each set of coparents struggles with different parts of their changed family dynamics at different points in their journey. I’ve seen a lot of really, really nasty, tragic,...