When you ask, “What are the chances of a father getting full custody in Virginia?”, you’re really asking whether courts favor mothers. The numbers say fathers still face an uphill battle—but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only about 17.5% of custodial parents are fathers, while mothers make up roughly 82.5%. Although these numbers haven’t ...
Short Answer: No. In Virginia, child support and visitation are two separate legal matters. A parent cannot legally deny court-ordered visitation because the other parent has fallen behind on child support. Jump to a Section The Reality of Unpaid Child Support in Virginia Child Support vs. Visitation: Two Separate Legal Issues What If You're Behind on Child Support? The Harm ...
Crafting a summer custody schedule after divorce doesn’t have to be a battle. But just like calculating leap years — which happen every four years except when a centurial year isn’t divisible by 400 — child custody arrangements come with nuanced rules that require clarity and cooperation. Whether you’re navigating your first post-divorce summer or fine-tuning an existing plan, here ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...