For most men, dealings with Virginia’s legal system are rare and unusual experiences. Whether struggling through a divorce, seeking spousal support or facing a paternity suit, your time with a family law attorney will be new territory—for you. For your attorney, you may be one of hundreds such cases. For men, using a men’s rights law firm that represents men ...
Economists will tell you that a person can have good debt and bad debt. Mortgage? Good debt. Credit cards? Bad debt. In a Virginia divorce, all debt is bad. Divorce does not allow you an escape clause from debt, so just as the two of you will split up assets, you will split up obligations, as well. Yes, Virginia, There ...
Lawyers prove things. This is what we do, so when we say we can prove that a deadbeat is part of a clock, why would you doubt us? For proof, you can watch the enthralling video, “Deadbeat Escapement of Seth Thomas 86 W Clock Movement”1 — or not; don’t say we didn’t warn you (you’ll never get that minute of ...
When two people get married, they seldom think their wedded bliss will end in divorce. Unfortunately, sometimes things go wrong in a marriage that you just can’t fix. If divorce has become the only answer to an unbearable union, you can’t just “break up” and go your separate ways. There are specific steps required in the dissolution of a marriage. ...
Writer Saul Bellow once said, “When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.”1 Most people pick and choose advice to reinforce their original inclinations. If you are a divorced dad interested in rejoining the dating world, you are looking for ideas that support your yearning to connect to someone other than your kids’ mother. Get Out ...
Suzanne Collins’ three books, The Hunger Games, take place in a future time, in a future country called Panem—Latin for bread, as in bread and circuses. When leaders give the public bread and circuses, their public will happily approve of all the leaders do, right or wrong. Your separation and divorce is not a blood sport, but if you do ...
Check out our Virginia Child Support Calculator Many of our previous articles have taken a light tone to some topics. This will not be one of those posts. The simple question, “Can I go to jail for not paying child support?” does not get asked casually. Only two reasons exist to ask this: either you are exploring ...
The year was 1968, and a little ol’ country gal named Tammy Wynette belted out a song, D-I-V-O-R-C-E, which reached Number One on the country charts in less than two months. But the act of getting a divorce was nothing new in 1968, and though she had five marriages herself, we assure you that Wynette did not invent the practice. ...
Actor Chris Pratt has a 3-year-old son. Son Jack “borrowed” Pratt’s phone to take a picture, and dropped the phone in the pool. Such is the life of a dad. Being a single dad (we should point out that Pratt is married to actress Anna Faris) can be even more challenging than the occasional soggy phone. My son, the budding ...