Buying a home is easily one of the biggest financial transactions most of us make in our lifetimes. Next to getting a divorce, there are very few purchases or decisions that we make as adults that can have such far reaching consequences. As you can probably imagine, it’s not always easy to even qualify...
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Personal property is the stuff that makes up most of our lives. It’s the kitchen mixer, the living room sofa, the bedroom TV. It’s your clothes, jewelry, makeup, towels. It’s his recliner, guns, fishing poles, golf clubs, and tools. It’s antiques and heirlooms, it’s photo albums (and the photos themselves). It’s art. It’s handbags, and...
There are about a million different reasons you might want to relocate with your children – one of which being, of course, living in an entirely different zip code from your child’s father. It’s a very reasonable thing to want to do, but, under Virginia child custody laws, it might prove more difficult than you...
Not everyone approaches a relationship – or even a marriage – exactly the same, and it definitely takes all types in this world. In my decade plus of experience in family law, I find that we see all the types of people and relationships in our office at some point or another. I actually...
Divorce and custody cases are really, really difficult, emotionally, legally, logistically, and in about every other way you can possibly imagine. When you make the decision to hire an attorney to represent you in your case, and then go to the step of having an initial consultation with that person, it’s a first step –...
In the beginning of their divorce and/or custody case especially, a lot of people try to manage things without hiring an attorney. This probably happens even more often in custody cases than in divorce cases (even in cases where a divorce will be coming sooner or later, but not necessarily) because juvenile court procedures...
There are a lot of challenges that coparents face after a separation, divorce, or breakup. Whether the parents are on relatively good terms and are able to set up a custody and visitation schedule by agreement, or whether they’re more like parallel parents who aren’t really able to negotiate much of anything between them,...
We’ve talked before about business valuation in a divorce. In a lot of cases, there’s not a whole lot of question about what someone earned and what they’re worth – we have documents like tax returns, pay stubs, W2s, and even retirement account statements – that set it all out in pretty straightforward detail....