Same old, same old, am I right? I know there are arguments here on both sides – moms only want custody because they want the child support and dads only want more parenting time because they want to pay less child support. But, the truth is, it’s really easy to tell who is most motivated...
He doesn’t want custody – he just doesn’t want to pay child support!
In Virginia, we classify property as either marital, separate, or hybrid before we divide it in divorce and, mostly, that comes down to looking at when and how the asset was earned, purchased, or acquired. Things earned by the partners to the marriage themselves during the marriage are usually marital but other things – whether...
Question: I have been following your firm for awhile and I thought you represented women only. I guess my husband looked through my phone; he said he called your office and hired you to represent him! Is that true? This question comes from an actual real life conversation I had recently. To be honest,...
The best parenting plans are always the ones that include just enough details to provide parents with a framework for how to move together through the inevitable challenges that coparenting will bring. The best parenting plans don’t just deal with the here and now – though they do a good job with it, because the...
Question: My husband and I are separating. He’s verbally and emotionally abusive, and I can’t take it anymore. After I told him it was over, he told me he was going to leave the apartment we’re renting and I’d have to “figure it out.” I’ve been a stay at home mom and he knows I...
Question: When my husband and I married, he owned a home. It was in his name but not paid off; we paid the mortgage together and made small improvements over time. Later, I became disabled. I took some money that I had – a little bit from an inheritance, and some from my retirement accounts...
Whether you want to check the status of your own ongoing case – especially if you are not represented by an attorney – or you’re trying to check up on someone else’s divorce records, it’s relatively easy to get this information in Virginia. Where are divorces filed in Virginia? We have the Circuit Court Information...
Sometimes, divorce comes about gradually, over time, as people outgrow relationships that once served them. In other cases, though, there was one triggering event that set events in motion, so to speak. These cases are the most difficult, I think, because it wasn’t a gradual thing that you could adjust to over time. It was...