This article is a part of our Family Law 101 series. Jump to a Section What is a guardian ad litem (GAL)? Guardian ad litem meaning What is the purpose of a guardian ad litem? Children’s rights Adult incapacitated persons’ rights What do guardian ad litems do? How to tell if the guardian ad litem is on your side Who ...
Jacob Lieberman is your typical Virginia father. Of course he took his son on a two-day road trip to Canada to grab 40 bags of Lay’s Ketchup Chips. If you’re a Dad, that’s just what you do. So how do you as a Virginia Dad make sure, after divorce, you can gain custody of your kids? Jump to a Section ...
Three public institutions of higher learning offer degrees in Latin. Understanding Latin could come in handy if you want to be an attorney, since words like status quo are everywhere in legal texts. The status quo in Virginia law means “the existing state of affairs.” What could that have to do with Virginia divorce? The answer is another Latin term: ...
This article is a part of our Family Law 101 series. Jump to a Section Separation Definition How to Separate Legally The Code of Virginia & Separation How to Prove Separation Divorce from Bed & Board Separation Agreements What to Include in a Separation Agreement When to Contact a Divorce Attorney Separation Definition Separation in Virginia means to live “separate ...
Virginia Woman Leaves Toddler in Car; a headline like that can make a divorced father sick to his stomach. Worse, the woman is alleged to have left her two-year-old kid in the car so she could hang out in a bar. If you were the child’s father, how would you deal with that? Would you move heaven and earth to ...
Once upon a time in Virginia, multigenerational families were normal. The recent pandemic and economic uncertainties have resurrected a return to adult children living with their parents. The U.S. Census Bureau tells us 56 percent of adults ages 18 to 24 lived in their parental home, with 16 percent of adults ages 25 to 34 living with their parents in ...
Child custody conflicts can be alarmingly invasive. Take the recent case of Virginia mom Artleta Ramirez. She is compelled by a Virginia judge to bottle-feed her breastfed baby as part of a child custody clash. As seen in The Washington Post and People, the case highlights different interpretations of “best interests of the child.” That phrase is part of just ...
Child custody cases can become legal nightmares, as in the case of Virginia’s own Lisa Miller, who fled the country with her daughter more than 10 years ago, supposedly on the advice of her counsel at the time. You can avoid upending your life, your ex’s life, and the lives of your children with a piece of paper, the consent ...
Iurisperiti et eorum lingua Latina! Lawyers and their Latin—where you might say “cut that out,” lawyers will assert an estoppel. We could give a dozen examples but check out “pendente lite” orders. Uh, that would be temporary orders in divorce, child custody, and parent visitation, thankyouverymuch. Jump to a Section Why a Temporary Order? What Does a Temporary Order Do? ...