They have ordered cat food after hearing a commercial on television. They have secretly recorded a family’s conversation and sent it to a family contact. One of them has even intruded into a business meeting to order a dating game for a woman not wanting or needing a dating game. A few more of these anecdotes make us wonder if ...
Regular readers of these entries will notice a frequent flippancy. Sometimes Virginia law deserves a tweak on the nose, a banana peel in its path. Not today. Some Virginia fathers are faced with real crises that compound divorce, children and addiction in a terrible trio of torment. While divorce is stressful, struggling with child support or child custody for an ...
Who cannot be stirred by the great Patrick Henry, American patriot? This famous Virginian, eyewitness to the founding of our nation, is remembered not only for “Give me liberty, or give me death,” but also for the Virginia Yazoo Company1. Huh? You hadn’t heard? Yeah, Patrick Henry was involved in a fraudulent land scheme. He headed the aforementioned Virginia Yazoo ...
Afficianadoes of a certain Saturday morning cartoon may remember the villain’s constant refrain, “And I would’ve gotten away with it too, if it hadn’t been for your meddling kids!” With imputed income, any harebrained scheme to shortchange your children on child support will definitely be foiled by Virginia’s divorce or juvenile and domestic relations courts. Bringing Home the Bacon During ...
Some 270 years ago, Benjamin Franklin offered a little Advice to a Young Tradesman that included this pithy saying: Remember that time is money. Most of us are now earning more than the 10 shillings a day Ben uses to illustrate his point, and most law firms charge a bit more than that for a 30 minute or hour long consultation. ...
Virginia has 173 police departments, according to USA Cops1 (yes, we counted). Can you count on them to be the heavy when you need a savior to enforce a child custody agreement? Should you take matters into your own hands? What should you do when the mother of your children refuses to give your kids to you for a visit? ...
In the midst of a Virginia divorce, many a military man can lose sight of a valuable asset that plays a key role in that divorce: your military retirement. Today’s Coast Guardsman, for example, can choose from the High-3 retirement plan or the Redux/Career Status Bonus (CSB) plan. Add to the mix the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) and you ...
You have your eight-year-old daughter all packed and ready for a week with her mother. You are supposed to hand her off within the hour, in compliance with the court-ordered child visitation schedule. Before she is in your car, though, she says she does not want to go to her mother’s house again. She says the house smells, and her ...
George C. Parker had an interesting, if illegal, livelihood. Twice a week for some thirty years, he sold the Brooklyn Bridge to unsuspecting victims, according to the New York Daily News1. He also sold people Madison Square Garden and the Statue of Liberty2. We suppose, if you bargained well, he would have sold you all three prime properties in a ...