20+ Disturbing Facts about Fatherlessness
Perhaps as a way to make ourselves feel better, humans unscientifically invented the notion of “compensation” for deficits. We tell ourselves, for instance, that blind people ...
Can Text Messages Be Used as Evidence in Family Law Court?
Virginia’s laws of evidence are described and organized in great detail in the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia (616 pages and no pictures!). Thumb through ...
5 Big Benefits of Judicial Settlement Conferences (JSCs)
Though they may appear to never step down from their lofty perches behind the judge’s bench, Virginia’s judges really are just regular folks, aware of how ...
What is Bird Nesting? Should My Ex and I Consider It?
After your divorce, who owns your home? Though financially and legally you or ex-wife may own it, you do have the option to let your kids have ...
Quiet Divorce: 6 Tips to Keep It Under Wraps Until the Timing Is Right
Some surprises are happily wonderful, like U.S. Army soldier Brent Mount, fresh out of Afghanistan, surprising his nine-year-old daughter1 at her Virginia school. Some surprises are best ...
Do Verbal Agreements Count for Custody & Visitation?
The character Roger “Verbal” Kint in Usual Suspects is a charade, disguising the evil genius of (spoiler alert) Keyser Söze in the same body. He is ...
How Do Virginia Courts Decide Parenting Time?
Sometimes treasures hide in plain sight. What was true of Edgar Allen Poe’s Purloined Letter (you can read it courtesy of the University of Virginia)1 held ...
The Broken GAL System & What We Can Do to Fix It
The New Year has brought with it many householders determined to stay on budgets, so they sit down in earnest and divvy up paychecks to be spent ...
What are the Benefits of Shared Parenting?
Virginia in the 21st century retains much of its Southern grace and charm in many little ways, like its paternalistic approach to caring for Virginia’s children. ...