Single Dads have a bad reputation. Not a bad-boy, "Ooh, he’s so fine" kind of bad reputation. More like a T-bird up on cinder blocks, “Eeww” kind of bad reputation. Single dads face all sorts of societal taboos. To be a successful single dad in Virginia these days, make sure you are doing none of these. We have made this ...
Going through a custody battle can be extremely stressful, often turning into a knock-down, drag-out fight. In order to fully assess the preparation needed to win your custody battle, we've got just the questionnaire to assist you. As you read through these questions, ask yourself if there can be any areas of improvement that can be made when it comes ...
At least 95 percent of non-human mammals show little or no fathering, according to Oxford Scholarship.1 This puts human dads in a distinct evolutionary minority and makes us wonder, why does fatherhood exist? What purpose does it serve? Are You the Wolf or the Bonobo? The experts at Parenting Science point out2 that male wolves are far more fatherly to ...
The comedian W.C. Fields offered a bit of advice to a man suffering insomnia: “Oh, insomnia. I know a good cure for it - get plenty of sleep...” If you are having trouble getting a restful night’s sleep because of paternal custody issues in Virginia, consider these facts. They could make you toss and turn more, or they could be ...
For most men, dealings with Virginia’s legal system are rare and unusual experiences. Whether struggling through a divorce, seeking spousal support or facing a paternity suit, your time with a family law attorney will be new territory—for you. For your attorney, you may be one of hundreds such cases. For men, using a men’s rights law firm that represents men ...
Check out our Virginia Child Support Calculator Many of our previous articles have taken a light tone to some topics. This will not be one of those posts. The simple question, “Can I go to jail for not paying child support?” does not get asked casually. Only two reasons exist to ask this: either you are exploring ...
Actor Chris Pratt has a 3-year-old son. Son Jack “borrowed” Pratt’s phone to take a picture, and dropped the phone in the pool. Such is the life of a dad. Being a single dad (we should point out that Pratt is married to actress Anna Faris) can be even more challenging than the occasional soggy phone. My son, the budding ...
An old and venerated idea in psychology is summed up in Maslow’s Hierarchy. For any person to thrive, needs must be met in an ordered progression from basic survival to psychological needs to self-actualization. A parent plays a crucial role in any child’s upbringing, so most of the burden for fulfilling a helpless son’s or daughter’s needs falls to Mom ...
Custody cases stemming from divorce in Virginia fall into two categories: legal custody and physical custody. Within each of these areas, custody can be joint or sole, so a Virginia parent can have legal custody for a child but share physical custody, for example. If the whole process of child custody seems confusing, you are no dummy. The services of ...