Ever have liquid nitrogen thrown in your face? Surprisingly, you can survive, though we don’t recommend the trick. The cold reality of being in an ill-fitting marriage is a bit like a shot of liquid nitrogen to the face. This egregious epiphany can come through many avenues: affairs; substance abuse; incompatibility. Perhaps the harshest hit is from the realization that ...
The Titanic’s passengers conducted themselves politely and calmly during the two-plus hours of their nightmare. Many men stoically stood by, ready to face their own deaths, as half-empty lifeboats swung away with only women and children in them. The Lusitania’s passengers, by contrast, fought each other to survive the 20-minute sinking. Why did one group of passengers follow accepted rules ...
Consider this nugget from 1703’s Athenian Mercury, a British periodical: "If I am thinking of committing any great and enormous crime and sin (as adultery), but do not personally and actually commit it, am I guilty of the crime and sin?" You will have to wait until the end of our little say to hear the sage advice from 314 ...
Gender equality is admirable in issues like pay and workload, yet the term itself is a bit of an oxymoron. Genders are not biologically equal. Men make their … er … contribution … to the process, but only women develop life and give birth to babies. Still, can a Virginia Dad get custody of a baby? The answer is as convoluted ...
Can you record your wife without her knowing you are recording her? To answer this challenging question in Virginia law, we are deeply grateful to have as a special guest on today’s discussion a leading expert. Ms. Betty Boop, born August 9, 1930, may not be an attorney, she may have no expertise in law, and she may not even ...
A zeptosecond is a fantastically short time. It is a sextillionth of a second. We don’t really care how long it is though; we just love the name. Zeptosecond. You will need a whole lotta zeptoseconds to wait for an uncontested divorce to be final in Virginia. We are not being coy, either, because the exact timing of a Virginia ...
Rose Ditano of Penhook, Virginia (over there in Franklin County) won $1 million in the Virginia Lottery recently1. She got it all in a lump sum, electronically deposited into her account. Spouses hoping for lump sum spousal support probably feel — if only for an instant — as happy and lucky as Rose. So what is lump sum spousal support? ...
Whether you have won sole physical custody of your toddler or are sharing custody, you face every Dad’s coming-of-age moment: daycare. Virginia Dads can and should be just as responsible for their toddlers’ social and intellectual development as Virginia Moms. Practice with Others (Tips #1 and #2) The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) suggests introducing other adults ...
Ungendered clothing often looks like the comfy stuff you put on after taking off the business-day uncomfy stuff. Sweatpants, roomy tee shirts; nothing fancy, and good for a guy or a gal. Are attorneys really cut from the same cloth? Does the gender of your attorney matter in your Virginia divorce? Does focusing on gender matter? For any firm that ...