Visitation Denial: What to Do When Your Ex Won’t Allow You to See Your Children
As parents, we joke about how we might not miss seeing our kids from, say, when they are 13 through 17. Teenagers can be a handful, ...
6 Mega Myths About Divorce Mediation
Hêphaistos was bitter and angry, and that was even before hearing the bad news about his wife, Aphrodite. She was getting down with—of all people—Hêphaistos’ brother, ...
The Single Dad Files: Navigating Your First Year as a Divorced Dad
Some events in life are routinely described as “new and exciting,” like fall’s new car models, a college graduation, or an around-the-world cruise. Other events are ...
Can My Child Decide Which Parent to Live With?
Latin may be a dead language, but its effects live on. Take the word “camera,” for example. It really just means a chamber, like a room. ...
What Is Child Support Supposed to Cover?
Whitney Houston reminded us that children—your own and any other Virginian’s—are our future. Her message1 may have mostly spoken to eighth grade girls singing to themselves ...
Can a Parent Refuse Visitation if Child Support Isn’t Paid?
Virginia has a problem with parents falling behind in child support payments. Virginia’s Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE) reports1 374,000 children living in Virginia are ...
Loose Lips Sink Ships: What Men Need to Know Before Asking for a Divorce
In World War II, the slogan, “Loose lips sink ships” reminded everyone from the Norfolk Ship Yards up the coast to Chincoteague Island to keep private ...
How to Get Custody of a Child in Virginia: 6 Things Dads Should Know
Child custody is often the most challenging aspect of divorce litigation for either party and especially for the children themselves. There isn't necessarily a foolproof method ...
Gender Bias in Family Court: 4 Huge Ways Courts are Penalizing Men
There once may have been a day where the United States court system was 100% unbiased, but if those days ever existed, they're lost to the annals of ...