Virginia offers separating and divorcing parents several options with child custody. The law reads, “The court shall consider and may award joint legal, joint physical, or sole custody, and there shall be no presumption in favor of any form of custody.” One option is 50/50 physical custody, under which both parents enjoy their children half the time. But child custody ...
Most of us recount having to “call” possessions as a kid. You know: “I call that chair,” “I call the back seat in the car, in the middle, my feet on the hump.” Do you have to do the same thing as a married Virginia man? Can your wife clean out your home when you are away? Well, no, she ...
As you and your ex settle into life after divorce, you move from emotional clashes to practical concerns. Parenting time schedules for shared custody parents represent the ideal for most families, since each parent has roughly 50 percent custody. The challenges come from maintaining that perfect bifurcation. What Are the Benefits of 50-50 Custody? When you and your ex strive ...
Today’s vocabulary word is “continuance.” A continuance is, according to Black’s Law Dictionary, “The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court, to a subsequent day of the same or another term.” You need to know this word if you have waited until the last minute to deal with a family law issue and still have no attorney. ...
Talk about dicey situations. You take your tiny tykes to their mother’s house for parenting time, and you definitely smell alcohol on her breath. Oh, she claims it is strong mouthwash, but then when you pick them up later, you glimpse the disheveled mess over her shoulder: plastic cups, empty liquor bottles. What can you do? Plenty! Softball: First, Have ...
What’s the worst four-letter word? Nope, it’s not that one, that one, or even the c-word. It’s “just,” as in “I just want to make some adjustments to the materials, color scheme, timeline, and budget of my home remodeling project.” Ranking up there, too, are phrases like, “We could just make a few dozen changes to the legally binding agreement ...
Newborn human babies are evolutionary throwbacks. Helpless, unable to walk or run after birth, and cognitively stunted due to limited brain size (according to Scientific American), human babies vividly demonstrate the biological battle between mom’s pelvic size and a baby’s big head. So who is better equipped to take custody of a newborn human? Mom, or Dad? Look to The ...
We’ve mentioned the Australian Pitch Drop Experiment before, related to recordkeeping. We mention it again because the nine drops of pitch1 (a tar-like substance) that have fallen from the laboratory funnel since 1927 may seem to be moving faster than your Virginia divorce. Here’s what you can do to speed that up. The divorce, not the pitch. How Long Does ...
Silly you, you thought learning ended at high school or college graduation, didn’t you? Then a boss handed you a computer program’s 300-page manual and said, “Spend your weekend learning this program so you can use it Monday.” Then your staff sergeant informed you that you’ve “volunteered” for special training. Then a Virginia judge told you to attend parenting classes. ...