Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And yes, Virginians, there is a reconciliation clause. In the first case, poetic license allowed Francis Pharcellus Church of the New York Sun newspaper1 to answer young Virginia O’Hanlon’s letter about St. Nick back in 1897. In the second case, reconciliation clauses are commonly used in property settlement agreements. In both cases, though, ...
Public school guidance counselors often work in near anonymity. Most parents of elementary and middle school parents can name a few of their kids’ teachers, but almost nobody seems to know their child’s guidance counselor. This is a pity, because a guidance counselor often can give you an early warning sign that your kids may not be handling the stress ...
She left the rolled up Rembrandt in the Amtrak station in Newport News, along with the stack of bearer bonds. But what did she do with your grandmother’s heirloom jewelry and your 11 polo ponies? When you need to hire a private investigator (PI) in a family law or divorce issue, is it really as suspenseful and dramatic as it ...
Co-parenting is a marvelous concept in theory: you as the dad and your ex-wife as the mother continue to provide loving support for your children. You accomplish this at different times and (usually) in different homes. Co-parenting means nearly equal responsibilities, so even if one parent is legally the physical custodian of your kids, you both parent your kids, keeping them ...
Goldsmiths’ Hall in London has been in continuous operation since 1327, providing proof of the quality of fine pieces wrought in gold, silver, platinum and palladium. Each goldsmith belonging to the Hall was to place on his wares a maker’s mark; a hallmark. From the very beginning, a hallmark indicated the highest quality goods, made to a high standard by ...
You and your ex-wife have worked out the bumps and edges of separation, divorce, and child custody. Now you are looking to summer, when the parenting time schedule you two worked out includes three whole weeks with your adorable children, June and Auguste. You are excited to have little Auguste and June for most of July, and plan to drive ...
A gathering of geese is a gaggle, and a gaggle of geese can mean both geese and ganders, because — though all geese (females) are geese, some geese are not geese (females) but ganders (males). And, as we all know, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. In Virginia divorce, this is also true. If your wife ...
A short while ago we offered up some advice from plenty of wise folks for raising strong daughters. Fairness means the time is ripe for advice on raising strong sons, too. Our responsibilities as parents are to raise sons who respect others but also themselves, who play hard but work hard, too. The best badass sons grow to be strong, ...
Backyardchickens.com (We know you don’t believe us, but it exists) offers helpful advice on getting your chickens to lay their eggs in their nest boxes, and the secret lies in putting fake eggs where you want the chickens to lay real ones. This is the origin of the term “nest egg,” because once you start the golden egg-laying, it does ...