Are we all getting angrier or are we just more aware of our anger? Anger is clearly popular in movies; consider hits like “Falling Down,” “Anger Management,” or “The Belko Experiment.” It also pervades the self-help section of bookstores and Reddit. Anger is one common misstep in communicating, especially when guys are trying to communicate with their wives. Here are ...
Have you ever been to a Virginia civil court proceeding? It’s truly wild, with fans shouting and a court clerk wandering the crowded aisles shouting, “Fresh laws! Get your fresh, new laws here!” No. It’s not like that at all, even when a law is straight out of the sausage factory in Richmond. The law we’re thinking of was newly ...
To have and to hold. Those are part of many traditional wedding vows. That word, “hold,” is directly related to another word: tenant. Tenants — folks renting a space from a landlord — are named from the Latin word tenere, “to hold.” Unless your wife is a tenant in your marital home, you have no legal right to kick her ...
We know what you’re thinking. Why would divorce attorneys want marriages to be saved? Contrary to popular rumor, divorce attorneys are not heartless. We hate to see anyone hurt, sad, depressed, or unfulfilled. A rocky marriage helps nobody, from the couple themselves to their immediate family to the larger community. So, yeah, family lawyers want marriages to be successful. Here’s ...
She says she will go to your CO. She says she has the entire Second Fleet on speed dial. She claims she has stories to share at Fort Story. What is she going to tell them? That you are an adulterer. That you hit her. That you neglect your kids. What can you do when she threatens to go to ...
She loved you, once. She loved her children, too, presumably. But for whatever reason — drugs, alcohol, mental illness, gambling addiction, criminality — she has become a threat to not only you but to your children. How can you cope? Priority One: Get Your Kids and Get Out As experts at Domestic Shelters states, getting yourself and your children to a safe ...
Very few people come to a divorce attorney seeking advice on preserving a marriage. Yet, when you think about it (and we think a lot about it), family law attorneys here in Virginia are actually experts at marriage. If anyone has a compendium of what not to do in a marriage, it is a divorce attorney. Apologize Which is more ...
Chris Blewitt can do nothing about the name he carries, but that has not stopped football fans from snickering over the Chicago Bears' newly signed kicker. At least, though, the guy on whose foot many a future Bears' win may depend has a real name, unfortunate as it may be. Fraudulent information, like a fake name (spies and criminals prefer the term "alias") ...
The title is not very catchy; it will never make the New York Times Bestseller list: "Court may decree as to maintenance and support of spouses." But it is the heart of the law behind spousal support in Virginia. Knowing exactly when it "kicks in" can help you determine what your spousal support (alimony) situation will be after divorce. Spousal ...