Divorce & Custody Law Library

Getting a divorce is always a pretty scary thought, no matter who you are. Since all of the assets and liabilities from the marriage have to be divided, and because it’s very uncommon for divorced couples to continue to live together, it’s generally accepted as pretty common knowledge that both parties’ income levels will take…

Navigating parenting when you’re breaking up, separating, or divorcing is no easy feat. I think a big part of what makes it such a struggle for moms, particularly, is because dads suddenly have opinions about things that otherwise they would have let the mom decide. Things that mom had full control over before, when the…

Divorce is a challenge for everyone, but less so for women who have taken the time to gather the information and set priorities. All too often, women (people in general, mind you, but women are our particular concern here so I focus my narrative on them, or, perhaps, I should say us) make decisions, especially…

  It’s not difficult to have fault based grounds for divorce. In many cases, as the marriage has broken down, one or both of the parties have committed adultery, been cruel or caused an apprehension of bodily hurt, or deserted or abandoned their spouse. Still, I often feel like the general impression that women have…

  I saw an infographic the other day that compared the costs of owning a home versus renting a home. Admittedly, it was an infographic created and propagated by a mortgage lending company, so let’s just say they have some skin in the game. It added up the cost of rent at $1,000, $1,200, $1,400,…

  There are many things about a divorce and custody case (or just a plain custody case) that are pretty anxiety-inducing. Ove the years, I’ve written about a lot of them as it relates to custody cases – from relocation, to issues with grandparents wanting their own specific parenting time, military deployments, mental illness and…

  There’s a difference between the way regular, normal, people use the word separated in a sentence and the way Virginia divorce lawyers use the word separated. I think it’s often a little confusing to reconcile the different understandings of the word. For one, because on each side it seems so clear that everyone seems…

In many divorces, things are fairly amicable. There is often – though certainly not always – a certain amount of respect between the parties, even if one or both spouses ultimately intend to end the marriage. In these cases, there’s often a fair amount of negotiation that takes place behind the scenes. Clients will come…

Relocation cases are often a double edged sword. You’re (excuse my language) damned if you do and damned if you don’t. No matter how you slice it, it’s hard to win a relocation. We’ve talked about these cases every which way from Sunday, it seems like to me, but there are always nuances or different…

It’s confusing to hire an attorney. It’s not something you do every day. And what’s involved to hire one is different across different areas of the law – so experience that you might have with, say, a personal injury attorney, or a wills, trusts, and estates attorney – doesn’t necessarily translate to experience like what…