Family law cases – often involving divorce, child custody, child support and spousal support – are often very invasive. In discovery, the legal process that we use to determine what the issues are in an ongoing case that has been filed with the court, we often ask for all sorts of documents. In a divorce...
How can I protect my private info in my divorce or child custody case?
Very few things in the world are truly ‘one size fits all,’ even though it can sometimes feel that way. There is more than one solution to a problem and the same is true for spousal support. Though many women – and it’s not always women, but, hey, that’s my audience – receive a certain...
There are always some growing pains – to put it mildly – when you go from one family unit to two, and this is often especially true in a family where one spouse has stayed at home to care for the children. There are lots of benefits for a working parent to have a stay...
There are very few things as difficult to overcome as adultery, especially as you then have to turn around and navigate your divorce. Though not every marriage ends after a partner commits adultery, I’m assuming yours is – or else you wouldn’t be here. I saw a question on social media about adultery the other...
You don’t have to end your marriage because of infidelity, but many women ultimately choose to end it. I’m not here to judge you for your choice, either way, but instead to help give you guidance on the Virginia divorce process so that you have an idea of what to expect if divorce is the...
Divorce is a challenge, no matter what. There are, though, some cases that are even more difficult than normal. It can be hard, in the very early days, to accurately judge a case and determine whether *this* case will be one of the more difficult ones. One of the hardest things to navigate – in...
Family law cases can be a little more confusing than cases in other areas of law because – depending on the type of case – you might find yourself in either circuit court or juvenile court. Though some states call juvenile court ‘family court,’ and I’ve found that’s the way a lot of people refer...
In some ways, a divorce is a divorce. Certainly, if we’re looking at things procedurally, one divorce doesn’t differ all that much from another, though there’s also no question that a military divorce involves considerations that civilian divorces don’t. Mostly, military divorces mean that there are categories of assets – BAH, SBP, TSP, the...