Surrogacy Contracts & Divorce: How In The World Does It Work?
The intersection of medicine and law often lead to carts before horses, as when medicine has honed surrogate pregnancy to a nearly mundane thing, while Virginia’s ...
Is it Legal for My Wife to Change the Locks on the House?
You faced a difficult decision to separate from your wife. You arranged your life so that, after you broke the news to her, you could quietly ...
What are the Steps to Legally Adopt My Stepchild(ren)?
Gather round, children, and Ol’ Grandpa Jason will read to y’all from the Code of Virginia. Doesn’t that sound nice? What? You want to hear the ...
The Ultimate Divorce Settlement Checklist
A property settlement agreement or separation agreement in a Virginia divorce is like the world’s weirdest grocery list. It will have a lot of details on ...
Who is Responsible for the Mortgage during a Separation?
In 1935 you could mortgage the Boardwalk for $200. The Monopoly property, not Virginia Beach’s. That $200 was the highest on the board, with classy Park ...
How Can I Stop Wage Garnishment for Child Support?
Wage garnishment is unrelated to garnishes for food, though they come from the same word root. While you may love having parsley atop your mac n’ ...
What is Imputation of Income?
Wouldn’t we all like to not have to work? While for most of us that is a daydream, for some women it is a conscious strategy ...
Jurisdiction in Custody & Visitation: Intro to the UCCJEA
Real Virginia police recently arrested a man for wearing police attire1 to get the drop on his victim. This earned the fake cop two real two ...
How Can I Protect My Data During a Separation or Divorce?
The origin of the word “secretary,” for both the furniture and the person, is the Latin word secretum, meaning secret. Secretaries (furniture; person) help you hide ...