Can My Wife Withhold Medical Information About My Child(ren)?
Once you become a parent, whether as a mother or a father, something primal emerges. Mamas become terrifying tigers; Daddies become beastly bears. Nothing — no ...
Can I Get a GAL Dismissed from My Case Due to Bias?
Virginia’s legal system provides Guardians Ad Litem (GALs) in all cases involving children (and incapacitated adults). Most often, the GAL represents the child. Ideally, the GAL ...
I Got The Temporary Child Tax Credit But I Don’t Claim the Kids … Can I Keep It?
In July of 2021, an astounding $15 billion went out to the parents of 60 million American children through the Advance Child Tax Credit. The individual ...
What is 50/50 Custody in Virginia?
If you tell a group of people that today has a 50 percent chance of rain, a handful of them may actually think that means it’ll ...
Can Child Support Switch from One State to Another?
The Articles of Confederation, our nation’s first “constitution,” were badly flawed. Each state could have set up tolls and tariffs at its borders, so a sack ...
Joint Decision Making in Custody Cases
One of the best ways, when working through separation and divorce, to support your children and maintain those all-important family bonds is through open decision-making and ...
How Does Child Support Work if the Parents Live in Different States?
You think you live in Virginia and the other parent of your kids thinks she or he lives in South Carolina. You’re wrong: you both live ...
Does a Child Need a Bedroom for Overnight Visitation?
Now I lay me down to sleep, but Dad’s new girlfriend is a creep. Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs,” helps people differentiate between needs and wants, ...
Can DCSE Take My Stimulus?
Death and taxes, according to Christopher Bullock in 1716, are the only two things of which we can be sure. With the 21st century, we might ...