A pitfall trap, says the Virginia Cooperative Extension, is ideal for collecting arthropods, if collecting arthropods is your jam. A pitfall is a pit — or in this case a 32-ounce plastic cup — that prey falls into. In Ye Olden Dayes people really did use snares and traps to catch dinner. Today, Virginia men need to beware metaphorical pitfalls ...
This article is a part of our Family Law 101 series. Jump to a Section Separation Definition How to Separate Legally The Code of Virginia & Separation How to Prove Separation Divorce from Bed & Board Separation Agreements What to Include in a Separation Agreement When to Contact a Divorce Attorney Separation Definition Separation in Virginia means to live “separate ...
Virginia Woman Leaves Toddler in Car; a headline like that can make a divorced father sick to his stomach. Worse, the woman is alleged to have left her two-year-old kid in the car so she could hang out in a bar. If you were the child’s father, how would you deal with that? Would you move heaven and earth to ...
Once upon a time in Virginia, multigenerational families were normal. The recent pandemic and economic uncertainties have resurrected a return to adult children living with their parents. The U.S. Census Bureau tells us 56 percent of adults ages 18 to 24 lived in their parental home, with 16 percent of adults ages 25 to 34 living with their parents in ...
Child custody conflicts can be alarmingly invasive. Take the recent case of Virginia mom Artleta Ramirez. She is compelled by a Virginia judge to bottle-feed her breastfed baby as part of a child custody clash. As seen in The Washington Post and People, the case highlights different interpretations of “best interests of the child.” That phrase is part of just ...
Child custody cases can become legal nightmares, as in the case of Virginia’s own Lisa Miller, who fled the country with her daughter more than 10 years ago, supposedly on the advice of her counsel at the time. You can avoid upending your life, your ex’s life, and the lives of your children with a piece of paper, the consent ...
Iurisperiti et eorum lingua Latina! Lawyers and their Latin—where you might say “cut that out,” lawyers will assert an estoppel. We could give a dozen examples but check out “pendente lite” orders. Uh, that would be temporary orders in divorce, child custody, and parent visitation, thankyouverymuch. Jump to a Section Why a Temporary Order? What Does a Temporary Order Do? ...
Running away from home in Virginia is two things: a rite of passage for children and a perfectly legal act. As the City of Virginia Beach explains on their Runaway Children web page, the police do not investigate a runaway teen as a criminal. That may be small comfort when your teenager shows up at your doorstep when you are ...
Pundits have already christened the freshmen in college as The Pandemic Generation. According to website WhatToBecome, about one-quarter of college freshmen enroll in remedial classes, attempting to compensate for deficiencies in their high school instruction. What can separated or divorced parents do to help their struggling college kids in the age of COVID-19? Jump to a Section Who Are The ...