Unmarried, Stay at Home Virginia Mom: Will I have to get a job? We talked the other day about being an unmarried stay at home mom, what happens after you and your child’s father break up, and what options you have to support yourself. Without spousal support as an option, you’re pretty much limited to child support – which is a difficult position in which to find yourself. If you’ve stayed at home, you likely don’t have much (if any) of a source of separate income, and, if you’re not … [Read more...]
How quickly can I get Virginia spousal support when he doesn’t want to pay it?
Spousal support is often one of the biggest, stickiest, trickiest areas in a divorce case. Almost everyone wants it and, of course, no one wants to be the one to have to pay it. These days, spousal support is more or less equal opportunity; it’s not only paid to wives or only paid by husbands. Depending on the circumstances of your case, you could be either payor or payee. In our area, there’s not a specific formula, like there is in a child support case, to determine whether a person would … [Read more...]
