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...]
Parent Withholding Information – Issues in Virginia Child Custody
Parent Withholding Information – Issues in Virginia Child Custody Sharing custody with an ex is difficult, even under the best circumstances. No matter what, it’s hard to face the idea of splitting your child’s time – especially holidays, vacations, and other special occasions – and knowing that means you’ll have less time, possibly by as much as half. Weekends, too – obviously, these are prime custody real estate that many parents who litigate custody wind up fighting (and spending … [Read more...]
Joint Legal Child Custody
Joint Legal Child Custody Everybody fusses about physical custody, because that has to do with where a child spends the majority of her time. Physical custody is a big deal; in fact, it’s what we litigate on most of the time, because everybody wants some kind of specific amount of time with the child. When we fight over legal custody, the fights look a little bit different. After all, legal custody refers to the right to make three types of decisions on behalf of the child: (1) religious … [Read more...]
Virginia Joint Legal Custody and Church
Custody in Virginia comes in one of two types: legal and physical. A lot of the time, we’re fighting over physical custody, because that has to do with where the child spends the majority of his or her time. But, of course, that’s not always the case. Every so often, different issues come up, and, sometimes, it’s the legal custody part of the equation that is called into question. Legal custody, in Virginia, refers specifically to the right to make decisions on behalf of the child with respect … [Read more...]
