Parents protect their children. All mammals — otters, ocelots, wombats, numbats — worry over and coddle and defend their offspring. Instinct makes a Virginia parent especially sensitive to risk during a pandemic. Intentional or not, some Virginia custodial parents are withholding visitation and parenting time. What risk does that bring, and what is a better way? Let’s Focus on Science, ...
COVID-19 is terrifying a lot of Virginians, and rightly so. Some hunker down, adopting a bunker mentality that preserves the home as a virus-free safe zone. Some seek to escape, by packing the kids in the family car and heading off to surrounding states. Some seek to escape their marriage at the same time. COVID-19 Ground Conditions As of August ...
Dr. Phil is not a medical doctor or licensed psychologist. He has a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. Having said that, and acknowledging he is not any more qualified to offer psychology than your local bartender, he does speak plain truths to complicated people. Want to watch him skewer selfish parents dealing with divorce? You can watch the drama here, or ...
This article is not about money. We know, child support means money, but the root of this issue is paternity, not money. If you are paying child support for children who are not yours, you have a paternity problem that has created a money problem. Here is what you can do about both. Asserting Your Rights Without appearing to be ...
How well do you know Virginia geography? Name something unique and wonderful about Quantico. Sure, you could say the Marine Corps base, or the training academy of the FBI, but what is really wonderful is that three of Virginia's four best magnet schools are in Quantico, according to Public School Review. Transferring your child to another school while knee-deep in ...
What do Jason Mamoa, Terry Cruz, and Steven Spielberg have in common? They are all fathers in blended families. We need have no worries that their children and stepchildren are financially secure. But can we say the same for the typical Virginia blended family? How does a child from another relationship affect child support in Virginia? The Child’s Best Interests ...
Just as Truman Capote dismissed Jack Kerouac's creativity by saying, "That's not writing, that's typing," some Virginia men can be dismissed as sperm donors, not fathers. But for the Virginia father who genuinely wants to fight for child custody, the process can be frightening. Much rides on every decision; entire futures are altered with each choice. Here is what to ...
If you are a military man, you live and work at the whim of the military. Just as your children have almost no input into decisions that affect them, you have little input into decisions affecting you. You rise in rank and earn more pay; you are unlikely to say no to those decisions. You are relocated to a distant base; you have to ...
The State of Franklin1 was a territory carved out of eastern Tennessee 236 years ago. Its founders intended it to be the nation's 14th state. Do we need to point out it does not now exist? Some Dads seem to think they can somehow disappear into non-existent states today, to escape child support payments. The harsh reality? The Child Support Recovery Act ...