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About Jason E Swango

Jason Swango is the founder of The Firm For Men, a Virginia family law firm serving the men of Virginia for nearly 20 years. Hailing from Terre Haute, Indiana, Jason is a resident of Virginia Beach where he and his wife have raised their six children. Jason is an impassioned leader and fierce advocate.

Should I Sign a Temporary Agreement for Pendente Lite Purposes?

On the University of Colorado's campus sits Temporary Building No. 1, built in 1898. It is still in use. Most temporary things, like temporary agreements in divorce or other family law matters, are not meant to last 121 years. Beware, though; even a temporary agreement can have long-lasting consequences. Temporary Agreements in Divorce Temporary agreements can work in many areas ...

By |December 2nd, 2019|

How to Be a Better Listener as a Parent & Father

Why is the sky blue? Do bees hum because they don't know the words? Why do three-year-olds ask 10,000 questions a day? We know, we know — kids can drive you crazy with all their questions. The reason three-year-olds ask questions is simple: they only have about 1,000 words in their arsenal. They figured out that, by asking questions, they will ...

By |November 27th, 2019|

If My Wife Gets a Job, Will I Still Have to Pay Her Spousal Support?

Virginians sure have some peculiar ideas about how life works. For example, say a man wanted to attack his wife and a man with a knife. Where is the worst possible place to commit such an awful crime?  How about outside a courthouse? You know, like a big government building overflowing with police officers. The Virginian-Pilot reports that a Chesapeake man with poor decision-making ...

By |November 25th, 2019|

Daycare Providers & Your Virginia Custody Order

The hard place in the phrase, "between a rock and a hard place" was a whirlpool. In Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey, Odysseus must navigate his ship, the Argo, between a rocky cliff inhabited by the monster Scylla and a whirlpool inhabited by the monster Charybdis. Day care centers often feel themselves in that unfortunate spot because of Virginia custody orders. Your ...

By |November 20th, 2019|

8 Big Benefits of Blended Families

Two heads are better than one. This old saying epitomizes only one of eight benefits of living as a blended family. A blended family is a single Mom with children partnering with a single Virginia Dad with children. Where one parent carried each household, now a Mom and a Dad shoulder the parenting burden together, with their kids under two wings ...

By |November 18th, 2019|

9 Dad & Teen-friendly Activities in Virginia

Lancing a boil is a simple process, really. Apply hot compresses "to encourage the boil to come to a head and drain." It's disgusting, we know, but for many Virginia Dads, lancing a boil is preferable to trying to find fun things to do with teenagers. Well, suck it up, Buttercup, because we have great ideas for real (and completely ...

By |November 13th, 2019|

Do We Have to Refinance Our Home After Our Divorce?

Real estate financing markets roil with the slightest hint of news. Recently, even amid a strong economy, as reported in the Washington Post “the 30-year fixed-rate average [for mortgages] shot up to 3.73 percent.”1 This happened because the Federal Reserve nudged its rate higher. You may not be a financial wizard, but if you are divorcing in Virginia, you face ...

By |November 11th, 2019|

11 Ways to Avoid Helicopter Parenting

Comedian John Mulaney casually mentions, in his Netflix special The Comeback Kid, that his childhood was different from today's kids. Says Mulaney, “My dad loved us. He just didn’t care about our general happiness or self-esteem.” Today's parents strive to be their children's pals, and this leads to two nightmarish scenarios: helicopter parents, and lawnmower parents. What is a Helicopter Parent? ...

By |November 6th, 2019|

Can My Separation Agreement Be Overturned If I Signed Under Duress

If you signed a separation agreement under duress, you don’t want to miss this. If you’re unsure what "duress" means, just ask Jared and Lindsay Rowley, who entered into an oral contract with Jesse Dimmick not to turn him over to the police. According to the American Bar Association, Dimmick and the Rowleys sealed their oral agreement upon the event of Dimmick ...

By |November 4th, 2019|
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