Does it ever benefit women to get married?

Does it ever benefit women to get married?

I’m married – and I’m a divorce attorney.  It’s a bit of an oxymoron, isn’t it?  Or is it?  I don’t even know anymore.  I’m also a pretty connected, online person, so I hear all the chatter (I try to make sure I hear all the chatter) about staying single, getting or staying married, and...

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Arizona’s Alec and Lydia Act

Even though I am well and truly sick and tired of “groundbreaking” family law legislation being named after kids who were murdered in contested custody cases, the Alec and Lydia Act – recently passed in the state of Arizona – is, I hope, the beginning of a new era. Though I am not licensed in...

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Is 50/50 child custody best for children?

From the beginning, let me be clear: in Virginia, there is no law requiring that custody start out at 50/50.  Though that is the law in some states, that is not the law here.  Here, the law is that the judge has to consider all forms of custody – primary, shared, and split physical custody...

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