Family Law

Can I Be Separated from My Wife While Living in the Same House?

In the Marx Brothers movie A Night at the Opera1, 15 adults squeeze into an ocean liner’s cabin. Besides the four Marx Brothers, two chamber maids, a manicurist, ship’s engineer and assistant, a woman with a mop, four waiters and a fellow passenger crowd into a space slightly bigger than a walk-in closet. Watch it. It is instructional for the ...

By |April 17th, 2017|

Custody Questionnaire: Are You Setting Yourself Up to Win the Battle?

Going through a custody battle can be extremely stressful, often turning into a knock-down, drag-out fight. In order to fully assess the preparation needed to win your custody battle, we've got just the questionnaire to assist you. As you read through these questions, ask yourself if there can be any areas of improvement that can be made when it comes ...

By |April 14th, 2017|

What Are Irreconcilable Differences? Are They Grounds for Divorce In Virginia?

In Virginia, the only venue willing to entertain Irreconcilable Differences1 might be the Beach Movie Bistro in Virginia Beach. This is because, popular as the little legal phrase is, it has no place in Virginia courtrooms. In this great state, you get divorced for either fault grounds, or no fault grounds. That's right ... you cannot claim “irreconcilable differences.” Let’s ...

By |April 12th, 2017|

Should I Divorce My Wife If She’s Cheating On Me?

Short of your wife’s death, being cheated on is arguably the most difficult thing that could happen to your relationship. You will feel emotions like anger, hopelessness, sadness, confusion, rejection, and embarrassment flooding in and out. The breach of trust can shatter your entire world. As a fault-based ground for divorce in VA, filing for divorce on the ground of ...

By |April 7th, 2017|

Documentation Dynamo: Remarkable Recordkeeping for Divorce & Custody

Fighting insomnia? We recommend visiting The University of Queensland (Australia) website1 dedicated to the Pitch Drop Experiment. Thrill to seeing live webcam views of pitch, a substance that literally moves at a glacial pace, as it drips from a funnel. A funnel set up in 1927. A funnel with pitch in it intended to demonstrate whether pitch is a solid ...

By |April 5th, 2017|

Men & Divorce: Fighting False Claims of Domestic Violence

Virginia native, former Miss Virginia and 2012 Miss United States, Brittany Nicole Poteet is back in the news1, but not in a way any beauty pageant winner wants. For the third time in six years, she is contending with charges of domestic violence. Whether in her native Virginia or her adopted home in Australia, Poteet seems to have difficulty controlling ...

By |April 3rd, 2017|

The Wolf & The Bonobo: The Brilliant Evolution of Fatherhood

At least 95 percent of non-human mammals show little or no fathering, according to Oxford Scholarship.1 This puts human dads in a distinct evolutionary minority and makes us wonder, why does fatherhood exist? What purpose does it serve? Are You the Wolf or the Bonobo? The experts at Parenting Science point out2 that male wolves are far more fatherly to ...

By |March 31st, 2017|

I Want a Divorce but My Wife is Pregnant … What Should I Do?

Some decisions are marvelous and perfect, like opting to return to Mount Vernon for the Spring Wine Festival & Sunset Tour every year. Some decisions are regrettable, like a misspelled tattoo, or marrying the wrong woman. Tattoos can be removed; a bad marriage can be ended through divorce. If she is pregnant, though, you pause and wonder: should I, could ...

By |March 29th, 2017|
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