It is always hard to ascertain, especially ahead of time, exactly how much your family law case – whether divorce or child custody – will ultimately cost. Even though I do this day in and day out, and have for over fourteen years now, it’s hard for even me to help give people the “ballpark”...
What does a family law case cost? Part Two
The elephant in the room, when you’re talking about a family law case, is always going to be the lingering question of how much it will cost. One part of that will be – if you choose to retain counsel – exactly how much that representation will cost. But there are other costs, too, and...
As far as divorce is concerned, Virginia is a sort of tough state. We’re somewhat old fashioned in that we allow for both fault-based and no-fault based divorce; we also require a much longer period of legal separation compared to many other states nationwide. In order to finalize a divorce action in Virginia, you must...
Are you separated – and headed towards divorce – or just separated and ultimately hoping to reconcile? Sometimes it’s clear. Other times, though, it’s anything but. In any case, whatever you’re hoping for in the long term, you probably have a lot of questions about what to expect and what you should be doing. That’s...
I hear all sorts of chatter about whether – or not – it matters if your marriage has lasted ten or more years before you divorce. I’ve talked about it before, in the case of the military ten year myth, but let’s dive in deeper. Now, before I go any further, I want to...
There’s no good way to find out that your husband has cheated on you. Even if you don’t know – you only suspect – it’s a challenging time. You are trying to reconcile something horrible with the man that you thought you knew but, also, you’re trying to plan for what comes next. Can...
The other day, I got a family law question I had never gotten before. “Can I ask you about my parent’s divorce?” it read. I had commented on a local moms group, identified myself as a lawyer (hopefully not in an obnoxious, know-it-all kind of way), and this was one of the comments. “Yes,” I...
I have always felt strongly that, when it comes to working and the cost of childcare, it is not the responsibility of only one party to earn ‘enough’ to make childcare ‘worth it’. It’s a shared responsibility between two partners, so the fact that one partner is lower earning is relevant but should not be...