When coparents are petty I heard a new one the other day. It doesn’t happen all that often, at this stage in the game, but yesterday it did. I was talking to a woman who told me that her child’s father, after their divorce, tried to one-up her in every single way imaginable – even with the tooth fairy! My son is only two, so I don’t have to deal with the whole tooth fairy thing yet. It’s my understanding, though, that the going rate for teeth has increased since my childhood. When I was a … [Read more...]
Why do I have to follow the rules in Virginia divorce?
One of the things that irks women the most in the Virginia divorce process is that they feel that they play by the rules while their husband makes his own rules. It’s frustrating, for sure—and, I can tell you, it’s frustrating to be the attorney on the other side of a husband who doesn’t follow the rules, so I can certainly commiserate with you. Still, if you’ve got an attorney, chances are your attorney is giving you advice for what to do. And, probably, that advice is kind of like what your … [Read more...]
