PTSD Mental Health Issues & Family Court in Virginia
The earliest examples of trepanning — drilling holes in the human skull to relieve medical and psychological symptoms — are from around 6,000 B.C.E. We don’t ...
Can a Parent Kick Out an 18-Year-Old in High School?
Alexander the Great started conquering countries at 18. Joan of Arc was 17 when she rescued the besieged city of Orleans. Nadia Comenici made Olympic history ...
Common Pitfalls for Men During Divorce Proceedings
A pitfall trap, says the Virginia Cooperative Extension, is ideal for collecting arthropods, if collecting arthropods is your jam. A pitfall is a pit — or ...
I Gave My Ex Full Legal Custody … Can I Restore My Rights?
If you had a BINGO board for our blog articles, the “best interests of the child” would get covered in every game. Today we are talking ...
We Raised Her Children Together – Do I Have Any Rights as a Non-Biological Father?
Virginia’s laws are full of odd expressions: in loco parentis; legitimate interest; confirmatory adoption. Sure, they all mean something to someone, but most Virginians can live ...
Does an 18-Year-Old Have to Follow a Custody/Visitation Agreement?
In Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale,” a lowly shepherd discovers an abandoned baby. He says, “Mercy on ’s, a bairn! A very pretty bairn. A boy or ...
Can a Father Get Custody of a Newborn?
Newborn human babies are evolutionary throwbacks. Helpless, unable to walk or run after birth, and cognitively stunted due to limited brain size (according to Scientific American), ...
Can My Wife Withhold Medical Information About My Child(ren)?
Once you become a parent, whether as a mother or a father, something primal emerges. Mamas become terrifying tigers; Daddies become beastly bears. Nothing — no ...
A Look Back: Parental Rights Before the Tender Years Doctrine
Heritage seems to be a watchword in Virginia these days. Heritage symbolized in statues, or flags, or skin tone. Our American justice system has its heritage, ...