If I fear for my safety, can I take my child and go?
Domestic violence is a very real issue in family law cases; it’s one we brush up against all the time. It was something that surprised me when I first started, because even in the most otherwise normal cases, there were undercurrents of domestic violence. A friend of mine from law school is a prosecutor,…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: child support | complaint | custody | domestic violence | fault based grounds for divorce | pendente lite | protective order | visitation
Help! I was served with a divorce complaint and a notice of hearing!
I talk a lot about separation agreements – those legal contracts negotiated between husbands and wives that divide up the marital assets and liabilities between the parties so that they can get an uncontested divorce without even going to court. But not every divorce follows this familiar path. Sometimes, for one reason or another, one…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: 21 days | answer and counterclaim | attorney | circuit court | complaint | divorce | separation
Virginia Custody Issues: He won’t let me see the kids
To cut to the chase and state the obvious as simply as possible: if there’s no custody order in place (as in, you and your child’s father have never (1) been to court to let a judge determine custody, and (2) you’ve never signed an agreement related to custody and visitation), both you and your…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: attorney | circuit court | complaint | custody | divorce | hearing | juvenile court | petitions | virginia | visitation
When do I serve my husband with divorce papers?
I find there’s often a lot of confusion about what it means to serve someone and at what point you have someone served in a divorce case. There’s so much confusion, and it’s really almost nearly universal, that I feel like service of process is something worthy of the devotion of an entire article. What…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: complaint | divorce | fault divorce | husband | no fault | separation agreement | served | service
Divorce Paperwork
You’ve Googled, and still you’ve found nowhere reputable that offers anything even close to approximating the kind of divorce paperwork you’d need to file for divorce on your own – without the help of a divorce and family law attorney – in Virginia. There’s Legal Aid, but, of course, they won’t help unless you’re really…
Filed under: Divorce Tag with: child custody lawyers | child support lawyers | complaint | contested divorce | design your divorce | divorce paperwork | diy divorce | family attorney | female lawyer | uncontested divorce
Virginia divorce complaint
If you have already gotten a copy of our free Virginia divorce book, “What Every Virginia Woman Needs to Know About Divorce,” you’ve seen the Virginia divorce complaint I’ve copied here below. If you HAVEN’T gotten a copy of our free Virginia divorce book yet, you should go ahead and request one now (you can…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: adultery | complaint | constructive desertion | divorce | filing for divorce | Kristen Hofheimer | virginia
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