No kids, of any age, want to hear you tell them you and their mother are divorcing. You know, though, you owe them a clear explanation. A few constants will hold true regardless of age: they will either blame themselves or attempt to make things right; they may try to deny or bargain. Common issues children encounter during divorce are ...
The Firm For Men is not a firm against women. Indeed, our livelihoods depend on Virginia men and Virginia women finding each other and marrying. We are not against marriage; though we represent and advocate strongly (some might say too strongly) for men, we also respect the sanctity of marriage; we wish more couples would not let slip the bonds ...
Pizza bear monster! How could you possibly misunderstand that, when the state of Florida is obviously warning you to move to higher ground ahead of Hurricane Irma. The amateur sign language interpreter, the New York Times reminds us1, is now infamous for signing gibberish instead of warnings to seek shelter. Everyone faces moments like that. As soon as the words ...
Few wounds in a crumbling marriage cut as deeply as adultery. Finding out your wife cheated on you constricts you like a coiling snake, cutting off options and taking the breath from you. You react, separate, and then file for a Virginia divorce. You seek an attorney focusing on protecting your rights as a man, and together you move ahead ...
The easiest way to explain physical custody in Virginia begins with a 2.04-ounce Kit Kat bar, the kind that gives you four little sub-wafers in a single, bigger bar. Sole physical custody? One parent gets the whole Kit Kat but lets the other parent hold it once in a while. Split physical custody? Each parent gets two sub-wafers. Shared physical custody? ...
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 ...