The New Year has brought with it many householders determined to stay on budgets, so they sit down in earnest and divvy up paychecks to be spent on housing, food, and so on. If, like Virginia’s legislators, they do this without regard to actual income and expenses, their budgets are doomed. In similar fashion, Virginia’s lawmakers often stipulate programs but do not provide ...
Virginia in the 21st century retains much of its Southern grace and charm in many little ways, like its paternalistic approach to caring for Virginia’s children. Vested in the Code of Virginia is, repeatedly, “the best interest of the child.” In child custody, the Commonwealth of Virginia stands second to none in defending what is best and right and just ...
When it comes to protecting men in Virginia, advocates for men’s and fathers’ rights need all the allies they can get. Certainly, part of the protections that exist (or don't exist!) rely on the men and women we’ve elected to pass meaningful legislation within our government ... and that’s exactly why we’re bringing you a list of Virginia politicians advocating ...
Some pieces of paper are unimportant: a losing lottery ticket; a completed grocery list; an expired gift certificate. Some incidental pieces of paper are extremely valuable: a contract signed by Jimi Hendrix sold for $45,9601 a few years back. Some important pieces of paper are priceless: the Magna Carta; the Constitution; a Virginia birth certificate. With the first two, you ...
Nobody wants to be a bit player in their own life story. You expect to be center stage; your needs, your opinions, even your whims should be your first consideration. Until you become a parent. Then everything you are subsumes to the needs of your child. As educator and author Elizabeth Stone says1, “Making the decision to have a child ...
For the 2014-2015 school year, more than six million school-age children were identified as special needs, according to the National Center for Education Statistics1. This is 13 percent of total school enrollment. Managing your divorce as the father of a special needs child is not easy, but you are not alone in your struggle. Fortunately today our societal view of ...
Single parents have to be in several places at once. Grocery store, school, work, home and then is tonight Scouts, Muay Thai or music lessons? Single Dads may feel mighty stretched when squeezing in meals for their kids, but research has shown that eating together is really, really good for children. Here are some simple, Dad-friendly and kid-approved meals you ...
America loves apple pie and underdogs. We root for the Bad News Bears and we shed a tear for the recovering addict. If you did not get shared custody of your children after a Virginia divorce, or your ex-wife got sole custody, you have a worthy but challenging task ahead: reversing sole custody. A Virginia court has literally judged you ...
Unmarried fathers, says the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)1, accounted for 36 percent of first births for fathers in the 2000s. Various Virginia institutions, traditionalists and social circles can frown and fret all they want, but practical agencies that deal with the day-to-day realities of life in 21st century Virginia accept unmarried fathers as inhabiting roughly one-third of the landscape. ...