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The 9 Biggest Child Custody Blunders You Can Make

Anderson Cooper, the journalist, is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, the multi millionairess. Little Gloria was only 10 when she was the unwilling center of the nation’s biggest child custody suit1, in 1934. As with many “trials of the century,” the Vanderbilt child custody battle had everything: sex, money, lesbian sex, all-night parties, extramarital sex, liquor, wild sex, and exotic ...

By |July 3rd, 2017|

Five Major Reasons to be Completely Honest with Your Divorce Attorney

Attorney-client privilege really exists. It is not to be taken lightly either by members of the legal profession or their clients. You hear the phrase bandied about on TV shows, or you read it in a Scott Turow novel. Yet it often overshadows a more vital concept that seldom makes its way into popular fiction, television and movies. Lawyer confidentiality, ...

By |June 30th, 2017|

Is Child Support a Tax Deduction?

The tax consequences of separation and divorce tend to sneak up on men and surprise them, roughly around the middle of April each year. While you spend nearly 50 weeks trying to put the inconvenience, mental anguish and emotional upheaval out of your mind, for around two weeks every April Virginia’s local and state governments (and the federal government) like ...

By |June 28th, 2017|

The Digital World & Divorce: Your Digital Presence During a Split

Who owns the digital version of you? We have become so accustomed to our digital world of social media, emails, instant messages, and photos of cats that we seldom consider who owns all that information. With the U.S. House of Representatives voting to undermine internet privacy1, this is no longer an academic question. When in the process of a divorce ...

By |June 26th, 2017|

How Does a DUI Affect My Custody Case?

Woulda, shoulda, coulda — if you get charged with DUI you are too late to play that game. And to top it off, you have a child custody case pending. Is it game over? As with so many real-life events, the answer depends on circumstances. While you — and your children — are better off if you never play around ...

By |June 23rd, 2017|

What is Discovery in a Virginia Divorce?

Discovery is in Chantilly, Virginia. The Space Transportation System (STS) orbiter Discovery has an honored place at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center, right here in Virginia. It is a big, beautiful piece of flown space hardware, a veteran of 39 trips into the cold emptiness of outer space. An understandable source of pride for all Virginians, this Discovery is a far ...

By |June 21st, 2017|

How Does My Open Marriage Affect My Family Law or Divorce Case?

At The Firm for Men we respect our clients because we maintain strictly professional relationships with them; we are not compelled to live with their choices and decisions. This matters when we have clients whose personal choices do not always jive with our own, and that is absolutely okay. Take clients who are hoping to end an open marriage; it ...

By |June 16th, 2017|

Child Support and Dividing Medical Costs for Children

Virginia’s juvenile and domestic relations district court (JDR) handles all cases that concern the welfare of a child, including child custody, visitation and support. The JDR looks at all aspects of both parents’ ability to provide support for the child, such as income, social security benefits, medical insurance, daycare expenses and living arrangements before it makes a determination about child ...

By |June 14th, 2017|
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