How Much Screen Time Should You Really Allow Your Kids?
Ice baths help bring down fever in children. Babies can sleep on their stomachs. Toddlers can sleep with stuffed animals. These are all examples of horrendously ...
I Received a Letter that My Wife Has Filed For Divorce … What Now?!
The Pony Express only existed for 19 months. Its outsized stamp on our imaginations is due, probably, to the audacity of the idea — delivering important ...
Is Malicious Mother Syndrome a Real Thing?
If you are at all embarrassed to ask your doctor for help with ... er ... bedroom issues, imagine strapping on Pulvermacher’s Galvano-Electric Chain Belt1. Weighing ...
Is Virginia’s Custody Law Revision a Big Win for Shared Parenting?
Even in the age of the internet, ancient wisdom still resonates. Heraclitus of Ephesus1 tells us that the only thing permanent in life is change. If, ...
How Does Virginia Law Define Mental Cruelty?
“Some things are not forgivable. Deliberate cruelty is not forgivable.” When Tennessee Williams wrote that for his play, A Streetcar Named Desire, the Mississippi native could ...
Counseling Before, During, and After Divorce: What’s The Difference?
A stereotype about lawyers is that we love words — because we sure use a lot of ‘em. That may be true; words are funny things, ...
July 1 Marks Huge Spousal Support Law Changes with Wide Effects
The full retirement age is increasing. That is not us talking; that is the Social Security Administration (SSA). Beginning with folks born in 1938 and continuing ...
Providing Financial Support for Your Child’s Higher Education after Divorce
Divorce in Virginia is generally a long process, beginning with a long period of separation (up to a year) and then continuing through the actual, often ...
What’s the Difference between Divorce from Bed & Board and Divorce from Matrimony?
If it involves the law, the Romans had a phrase for it. You have probably heard the expression, “bed and board,” but in Latin it is ...