Can I force my child’s father to quarantine after risk of COVID-19 exposure?
As we prepare for a second wave of coronavirus infections (assuming, of course, that we aren’t already in the middle of it now), many people have really high anxiety. It’s sad that dealing with a worldwide pandemic has become such a political issue, with people on both sides of the spectrum weighing in with completely…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: coronavirus | COVID-19 | custody | custody order | quarantine | visitation
Should I send my kids for visitation during the pandemic?
I’ve written a bit on this before, but it was early on in the pandemic. It feels like eons ago to me now; the shock of actually facing a pandemic – which, to me, still sounds a bit like an actual plague – was surreal. When the schools were closing, back before the stay at…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: coronavirus | COVID-19 | custody | spring break | travel | virginia | visitation
Can he tell me I can’t take the kids?
We’re seeing a LOT of custody disputes right now. I’ve talked about it a bit before, of course; there are very few things that we deal with that are as serious or as terrifying as a dad taking the children and threatening to not allow them to return. We have several cases like this. It’s…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: coronavirus | court closures | COVID-19 | custody | essential worker | family law | judicial emergency | pandemic | visitation
Homeschool and Custody Amid COVID-19
We’ve written about homeschooling before, because it has always been an option available to parents, and one that can have an impact on a custody and visitation case. Even though homeschooling may not be many parents first choice (myself included), all of the issues related to coronavirus and COVID-19 have made homeschool a daily reality…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: COVID-19 | custody | divorce | homeschool | pandemic | separation
Dealing with Anxiety in Custody and Visitation Situations
It’s a common refrain: my child’s father just doesn’t do things that I believe are critical to protect my children’s safety when they’re in his care. With coronavirus, it’s even worse. We’re all feeling a little extra anxious; the world feels like such an uncertain place. It’s crazy to think that just, like, two months…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: anxiety | coronavirus | COVID-19 | custody | visitation
What should I do if my child’s father is using coronavirus to keep my child away?
Even though Governor Northam’s order specifically allows you to leave your home in order to exchange a child pursuant to a custody and visitation order, there are a lot of parents who are using fears surrounding coronavirus as an excuse to deliberately withhold a child. I guess that’s always the case. These thing are inherently…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: contempt | coronavirus | courts | COVID-19 | custody | divorce | facetime | show cause | skype | visitation | withholding visitation
Visitation Exchanges with Stepchildren During the Pandemic
As a mom myself, I’m a member of a lot of online communities for moms. They’re not all divorce and custody related but, as you’re probably aware, we slip into that territory fairly often. I hear all sorts of questions related to it, and, mostly, in an online capacity, I don’t answer. These people don’t…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: coronavirus | COVID-19 | pandemic | separation | stepchildren | visitation exchange
How will I prove that we’ve been separated if we’re socially distancing?
I’ve talked a lot recently about custody issues amid the coronavirus pandemic, but there are things about all this COVID-19 stuff that affects divorce, too. And that’s important, too! It’s complicated, it’s challenging, and it’s unprecedented, which means that a lot of the issues we’re facing no one has faced before. Not divorcing people, not…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: corona | coronavirus | COVID-19 | divorce | separation | under the same roof | virginia
My child’s father has been furloughed. What about child support?
There aren’t great answers right now. Unemployment is at its highest rate, like, ever, which is really scary. I keep reading about mortgage companies offering some forgiveness, federal student loans are at 0% interest and on a 6 month forbearance, and the possibility of even help from utility companies and others. At the heart of…
Filed under: Uncategorized Tag with: child support | coronavirus | COVID-19 | furlough | laid off
When will the courts reopen?
If we’re hearing one question over and over again amidst all of this COVID-19 drama, its, “When will the courts reopen?” Quickly on its heels is another, related question: “Why don’t you know?!” I get it, it’s frustrating. But the courts work differently – and separately – from the stay at home order issued by…
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