Divorce

Marriage Counseling 101: How to Prepare and What to Expect

“The thing that attracted me to my husband was his pride. I'll never forget the first time I saw him, standing up on a hill, his hair blowing in the breeze — and he too proud to run and get it.” If the comedy of Jean Carroll, America's first female stand-up comedian, sums up your marriage, you might be ready ...

By |June 29th, 2020|

We’re Swingers but Now She’s Doing it Without My Consent … Is it Adultery?

The phrase, "Put me in, Coach," takes on a whole new meaning when you visit a website like Poly-Coach. Do you need help learning your way around polyamory, swinging, or open marriage? Then Poly-Coach is for you! Many Virginians enjoy the staid predictability of the "one spouse/one sexual partner" rule. Many, however, pursue other passions: open relationships, polyamory, or swinging. What ...

By |June 15th, 2020|

Military Relocation and Your Family Law Matter

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 ...

By |June 1st, 2020|

Your Pendente Lite Hearing: What to Expect and How to Prepare

During divorce litigation, you can have a lot of time on your hands. One way to pass the time is to take up the dead language Latin. Pendente lite, for example, is not a brand of Virginia beer. It's Latin for "with the lawsuit pending," and it is a temporary agreement setting down rules about spousal support, child support, child custody, ...

By |May 18th, 2020|

COVID-19 & Loss of Pay: What If I Can’t Pay My Spousal or Child Support?

The COVID-19 emergency that has gripped Virginia and the world has rippled through every part of our lives. If you pay either spousal support or child support in Virginia and have been affected by COVID-19, you should know about legal remedies that may help. Closed Courts The Virginia Supreme Court’s original judicial emergency order has been extended, keeping most courts ...

By |May 8th, 2020|

Navigating Your Virginia Family Law Matter During COVID-19

Much of the time on these pages, we take a bit of a sassy approach to family law matters. With the worldwide pandemic from COVID-19, we are setting aside our usual stand-up routine and standing up for you, Virginia’s men, as you attempt to deal with the Virginia courts. Here is what can and cannot be done in these perilous ...

By |May 5th, 2020|

I Caught Her Cheating. Will I Get Custody of the Kids?

Hamidou Diallo won the NBA's 2019 Slam Dunk Contest in an event that saw a Wright Brothers plane, some major air and some major attitude. His leap over Shaquille O’Neal brought down the house. When you catch the mother of your kids cheating, you might think your custody case is a slam dunk. Is it? Old World Morality Unfortunately for a Virginia ...

By |May 4th, 2020|

My Wife Gave Me 30 Days to Get Out … Can She Do That?

Olivia Roehm weighs 111 pounds. Or, she did the day she and husband Jerome Roehm won the 2019 North American Wife Carrying Championship1, held in October in Maine. We're not being nosy — the winning couple got five times the wife's weight in cash (in Olivia's case, $555), plus her weight in beer (six cases). We bring this up because many a Virginia man feels ...

By |April 27th, 2020|
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