Parental Rights

My Ex is Quarantined with the Kids … Can I Still See Them?

By Jason E Swango|May 7th, 2020|Categories: Child Custody, Children & Parenting, Family Law, Parental Rights, Visitation|Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, quarantine, shelter in place, Stay at Home Order, Virginia|Comments Off

She Didn’t Put Me on the Birth Certificate … Do I Have Any Rights?

By Jason E Swango|April 6th, 2020|Categories: Child Custody, Children & Parenting, Family Law, Father's Rights, Fatherhood, Parental Rights, Paternity|Tags: Acknowledgement of Paternity, AOP, Code of Virginia, parental rights, paternal rights, VBFR, Virginia Birth Father Registry, Virginia code|Comments Off

What You Need to Know About Divorce as a Military Spouse

By Jason E Swango|March 16th, 2020|Categories: Child Custody, Children & Parenting, Divorce, Family Law, Military, Parental Rights|Tags: 20/20/20 rule, Defense Finance and Accounting Services, DFAS, JAG, military relocation, military retirement, SBP, Survivor Benefits Plan, TRICARE|Comments Off

Leaving an Abusive Marriage with Children

By Jason E Swango|March 9th, 2020|Categories: Abuse, Child Abuse, Children & Parenting, Domestic Violence, Family Law, Marriage, Parental Rights|Tags: abuse, abusive household, abusive wife, protective order|Comments Off

My Wife is Threatening to Not Return My Children

By Jason E Swango|December 16th, 2019|Categories: Child Custody, Children & Parenting, Family Law, Parental Rights, Visitation|Tags: Child Protective Services, Code of Virginia, contempt, CPS, Rule to Show Cause, show cause, Virginia Child Protective Services, Virginia code|Comments Off

Good, Bad & Ugly: Failed (and Enacted) Family Law Bills in 2018

By Jason E Swango|August 12th, 2019|Categories: Child Custody, Child Support, Children & Parenting, Divorce, Family Law, Parental Rights|Tags: family law, House Bill, legislation, Senate Bill, Virginia|Comments Off

My Ex Never Comes Around for the Kids … Can Her Parental Rights Be Taken Away?

By Jason E Swango|June 24th, 2019|Categories: Children & Parenting, Family Law, Parental Rights, Visitation|Tags: Code of Virginia, removing parental rights, taking away parental rights, terminating parental rights, Virginia code, Virginia courts, Virginia family law, Virginia Law|Comments Off

My Child is Studying Abroad During My Parenting Time – What Can I Do?

By Jason E Swango|June 10th, 2019|Categories: Children & Parenting, Family Law, Father's Rights, Parental Rights, Visitation|Tags: parenting time, study abroad|Comments Off

My Ex is Pregnant … Should I Be Going to All The Appointments?

By Jason E Swango|April 17th, 2019|Categories: Child Custody, Children & Parenting, Family Law, Father's Rights, Parental Rights, Paternity|Tags: Code of Virginia, fathers' rights during pregnancy, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, pregnancy and custody, proving paternity, Virginia code|Comments Off

My Wife is Threatening to Leave and Take My Kids to Another State!

By Jason E Swango|March 4th, 2019|Categories: Child Custody, Children & Parenting, Family Law, Father's Rights, Parental Rights|Tags: Code of Virginia, emergency protective orders, parental kidnapping, pendente lite, preliminary protective orders, protective orders, Virginia code|Comments Off