How Being a Single Father Will Completely Change Your Life
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 ...
Why Parental Alienation Should Be 1 of the 7 Deadly Sins
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 ...
The Dummies’ Guide to Child Custody in Virginia
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 ...
Can I Be Accused of Kidnapping My Own Child?
Numbers are funny things. Take felonies and misdemeanors in Virginia, for example. If you do not know the difference between felony and misdemeanor, the worst possible ...
8 Brilliant Ways to Become the MacGyver of Fatherhood
Men of a certain age may aspire to be MacGyver. When he rolled out such improbable solutions as plugging a sulfuric acid leak with chocolate (sugar ...
Runnin’ on Empty: How to Reduce Your Child Support Payments
Men of a certain age—or their sons—know Jackson Browne. Songwriter, performer, Browne has sold more than 18 million albums. He is, for us, a triple threat ...
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, ...
How Often Do Fathers Get Sole Custody in Virginia?
In 2013 (the latest year for which data are available), according to Virginia’s Department of Health,1 Virginia’s courts granted 29,465 divorces and annulments, with the largest ...
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 ...