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Father’s Rights

A Father’s Guide to Winning Child Custody in Virginia

Child custody is often the most emotionally charged and legally complex aspect of divorce proceedings—for both parents and, most importantly, for the children involved. For fathers, navigating the child custody process in Virginia can feel especially daunting. While there's no guaranteed formula for securing custody, understanding how Virginia courts operate and what steps you can take can significantly increase your ...

By |April 28th, 2025|

Virginia Child Custody for Unmarried Parents

Susie and Paul Sensmeier, of Christiansburg, Virginia, know a lot about deliveries. Not babies, but drone deliveries. They’ve set a record for the most orders — more than 1,200 — delivered by remotely piloted aircraft. Most Virginia couples (married and unmarried) get excited about baby deliveries. But when an unmarried couple splits, how does child custody work? Jump to a ...

By |April 21st, 2025|

What Percentage of Fathers Get Custody?

Our modern society depends on numbers. We look for reassurance in numbers (tidy bank balance?), in planning (what are the dates of my vacation?), and choosing our battles. Should a Virginia Dad try to win sole custody of his children? How often do fathers get sole custody in Virginia? What do the numbers tell us? What does experience tell us ...

By |November 18th, 2024|

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 drill into people’s heads anymore as a solution to mental health problems. Yet plenty of Virginian men face mental health crises and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that can affect family law matters. Jump ...

By |July 15th, 2024|

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 at 14. Weigh this against Mozart, who composed his first symphony at age 8, and what is so wrong about a Virginia man kicking his 18-year-old kids out of the house? Jump to a ...

By |June 10th, 2024|

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 in this case a 32-ounce plastic cup — that prey falls into. In Ye Olden Dayes people really did use snares and traps to catch dinner. Today, Virginia men need to beware metaphorical pitfalls ...

By |December 4th, 2023|

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 about clawing back rights related to child custody in Virginia, which means everybody’s favorite phrase—let’s just call it the BIC—will make multiple guest appearances. Jump to a Section Virginia Custody Explained The Best Interests ...

By |November 28th, 2022|

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 a child, I wonder?” And the audience laughs, because “boy or child” sounds like an actor forgetting his lines. But in 16th century England, a “child” was a girl. And today, in Virginia, an ...

By |July 18th, 2022|
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