In recent months we’ve heard a lot about living in a “post-fact” America. False news, internet rumor and urban legends have run through our conversations and tainted our understanding of real events. This is also true with Virginia divorces. These six “facts” about divorce in Virginia are often confused with the truth; they are anything but. 1. Children Strengthen a ...
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 in the best possible way: he wrote one of our favorite songs (“Lawyers in Love”1), he has been divorced, and he's a guy. He also wrote the anthem for divorced Dads seeking modifications in ...
Some surprises are wonderful. Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark on the HBO series Game of Thrones, surprised a fan’s viewing party by showing up, snacks in hand. Great surprise; lots of fun; a good time was had by all. Other surprises are not so fun, like the folks who woke up to find a tractor-trailer that slid off an ...
What is an emergency to one person is not important to another. Consider the 11-year-old, who feels that a forgotten school lunch box is a life-altering emergency requiring calls to Dad and interrupted work schedules. Emergency child custody, similarly, is a matter of interpretation. What could your ex-wife do that would possibly constitute an emergency? 1. Illegal Drugs Virginia, like ...
As the American Chemical Society (ACS) reminds us, “the dose makes the poison.”1 For example, says the ACS, the average American would have to eat 5.4 pounds of sugar in a single sitting to have a 50 percent chance of dying from too much candy. That translates into 1,627 pieces of candy corn. Delicious as candy is, too much of ...
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, no doubt, but every parent wants to stay connected and involved with their children. Even divorced parents deserve to keep their family together in some way. Court-decreed visitation allows for that, but what is ...
Hêphaistos was bitter and angry, and that was even before hearing the bad news about his wife, Aphrodite. She was getting down with—of all people—Hêphaistos’ brother, Ares. Not only was she an adulteress, she also gave birth to several children by Ares, all while married to sad, overstressed Hêphaistos. So Hêphaistos—probably more familiar to most people under his Latinized name, Hephaestus—divorced her. ...
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 just “new,” like the first time you write out a check for child support, or work with your attorney to file for visitation. A recently divorced father is in uncharted waters, and needs the ...
In 1912, Robert Falcon Scott led a doomed party of explorers in search of the South Pole, only to find they were second to the spot (behind Roald Amundsen and his hearty Norwegians)1. History is littered with the vacant hulks of second place finishers. Fighting for shared custody may seem like settling for second. But looked at from another perspective, ...