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I have my divorce (or custody) trial tomorrow! How do I prepare?

January 23, 2019 By Katie Carter

I have my divorce (or custody) trial tomorrow! How do I prepare? Well, first off, let me say: I’m writing this because, like you, I have trial tomorrow. (Well, at least, as of the day I actually wrote this, anyway.) When I first started here (which was over seven years ago now), I asked one of the most senior attorneys when you stopped getting nervous before court hearings. He looked at me, completely seriously, and said, “I’ll let you know when it happens.” One of the other attorneys in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: appeal, circuit court, custody, divorce, guardian ad litem, juvenile court, trial

Successful Coparenting

January 18, 2019 By Katie Carter

Successful Coparenting Working together with your child’s father isn’t easy, especially after you’ve decided that your future plans really don’t include each other. Breakups and divorces happen all the time, but, ultimately, the impact that these things have on your children is up to you. You know, or at least you probably already suspect, that your future life WILL include your child’s father – that particular fact is something that you probably realized right around the time you birthed your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: coparenting, custody, homeschooling, joint legal custody, medical treatment, physical custody, public v private school, virginia, visitation

Will the judge agree with my Guardian ad litem?

January 16, 2019 By Katie Carter

Will the judge agree with my Guardian ad litem? Guardians ad litem are great. Guardians ad litem are terrible. There’s almost no middle ground, and certainly won’t be for you if you’re in the middle of a custody case. Most of all, guardians ad litem are terrifying, because they get involved in your case and, ultimately, make a recommendation about what, in their opinion, is best for your children. I’m a mom, too, so I get how you’re feeling. I can even imagine, though not from personal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: custody, GAL, guardians ad litem, parenting evaluators, virginia, visitation

Virginia Relocation Cases

January 14, 2019 By Katie Carter

Virginia Relocation Cases Virginia relocation cases are always among the hardest. Though I understand why they come up so frequently (especially in an area that has such a high concentration of military families), I can also understand why the courts are so hesitant to allow one parent to relocate with the child. Like most other things, there are standards that apply when a parent wants to relocate. The standards come from case law (other cases Virginia courts have decided related to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: best interests of the child, coparenting, custody, independent benefit, relationship with other parent, relocation, remarriage, virginia, visitation

My Guardian ad litem is SO biased!

January 11, 2019 By Katie Carter

My Guardian ad litem is SO biased! Working with a Guardian ad litem (an attorney appointed to represent the interests of the child to the court in a custody and visitation case) isn’t easy, to put it mildly. And, if you’re one of the many, many, many women I’ve worked with or talked to over the years who hates your Guardian ad litem with a fiery passion you didn’t know you could feel for another human being, just know – you’re not alone. If I had a dollar for every time I heard that the GAL … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: caitlin walters, custody, free guide to working with guardians ad litem, GAL, gal guide, guardian ad litem, virginia, visitation, women's custody survival guide

Delegating visitation during military deployment

January 9, 2019 By Katie Carter

Delegating visitation during military deployment In our area, dealing with the military is, for better or for worse, just a part of daily life. We’re pretty attuned to the specific issues that the military faces, and, for many of us, whether we’re current or former military service members or spouses, there are a lot of family law issues that are involved as well. When it comes to custody and visitation, deployment is a big issue. Specifically, what happens to the kids while one parent is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: child custody, child support, custody, deployment, grandparents, military, parenting time, stepmom, stepparent, visitation

Should I sign this separation agreement?

January 7, 2019 By Katie Carter

Should I sign this separation agreement? Every so often I hear from a woman who, panicked, tells me she has to have a separation agreement reviewed TODAY. She has to sign it right now, or there’ll be dire consequences. It’s an emergency! It has to be done now! I hate these conversations for a lot of reasons, but, first and foremost, because I believe this is when really bad decisions with really long reaching consequences are made. Separation agreements are never something that should be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: contract, divorce agreement, divorce options, divorce questions, fault based divorce, mediator, negotiation, property settlement agreement, separation, separation agreement, Virginia divorce

What IS Girl’s Night Out? Should I go?

December 12, 2018 By Katie Carter

What IS Girl’s Night Out? If you’ve been around for a little while (you know, kind of scoping us out to see who we are and what we’re about), you’ve probably seen that we have an event series called Girl’s Night Out. But what is it? Should you go? Would you feel weird if you did? Is it just a bunch of people, sitting around, harping on and on about divorce? (Because that doesn’t sound like very much fun to anyone, I’m sure, including me, and I often sit around harping on and on about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: attorneys, custody, divorce, drinks, event, fun, girl's night out, legal, seminar, separation, snacks

Four Way Settlement Conference

December 10, 2018 By Katie Carter

Four Way Settlement Conference There’s not a lot of magic when it comes to being a divorce lawyer. I think that a lot of people think there is – magic words we put in agreements, or magic tactics we have to make the unmanageable somehow manageable. The truth is, though, that (although I wish there were), there’s nothing very magical about what we do. We’re fastidious; we’re meticulous – but we’re not magical. Since all we do is divorce, we have a ton of relevant experience when it comes to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: four way, judicial settlement conference, separate under the same roof, separation, separation agreement, settlement, settlement conference

Adultery, Spousal Support, and Custody

December 5, 2018 By Katie Carter

Adultery, Spousal Support, and Custody We talked Monday about adultery, and the difference between filing a divorce (which is a civil case) using adultery as your grounds and an actual criminal prosecution on adultery (which is a level IV misdemeanor in Virginia). The purpose of that article was to alleviate concerns I see around adultery cases. I received a call just the other day from a woman who was worrying about the potential impact to her career stemming from a divorce action that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: adultery, affair, army, child custody, civil case, criminal charges, demotion, divorce, immediate divorce, military, navy, security clearance, spousal support, support, virginia

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