Divorce & Family Law Articles, Tips & More for Men

How to Get a Divorce While Living in Different States

The most expensive men’s suit in the world is encrusted with 240 carats of diamonds and retails for more than $760,000. A different kind of suit — a suit for divorce — can get pretty pricey, too, especially if you and your spouse are hundreds of miles apart. Jump to a Section Virginia Residency Requirements for Divorce Filing Virginia Divorce ...

By |August 26th, 2024|

What Happens at a First Custody Hearing?

Child custody is a fraught, frightening, frustrating part of parting ways with the other parent. Kids are your flesh and blood. You and your children’s mother must decide who gets whom. If you and the other parent cannot agree on child custody, the decision will be made by a Virginia judge through custody hearings, starting with a status hearing. Jump ...

By |August 19th, 2024|

What Financial Needs are Parents Obligated to Provide for?

It is impossible to get blood out of a stone. So said Vicesimus Knox, whose name sounds like a James Bond villain but who was in reality an English essayist. Knox wrote this proverb in 1788, though many a Virginia man facing child support payments knows it is still true. Exactly what do you have to provide? And what can ...

By |August 12th, 2024|

The Firm COO Named Head Girls Basketball Coach at Cape Henry Collegiate

Justyce Swango Melendez, Chief Operating Officer for The Firm For Men, takes on new responsibilities as head girls basketball coach for Cape Henry Collegiate for the 2024-2025 winter season. This continues a long history of Melendez giving back to her community. Melendez, an integral part of The Firm For Men, played basketball as an undergraduate for Georgetown University and Lenoir-Rhyne ...

By |August 5th, 2024|

Suicide & Divorce: Statistics, Resources, and More

If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, call 988 immediately. That said, research points to a direct connection between separation or divorce and suicidal thoughts. This stark fact makes the selection of a top-notch family law attorney absolutely vital. Jump to a Section Divorce Suicide Statistics Finding Comfort in the Storm Suicides in Virginia Signs of Suicidal Persons ...

By |August 5th, 2024|

Reserving Issues in Virginia Divorce

The top restaurant in Virginia Beach is Orion’s Roof according to TripAdvisor. It accepts reservations. Perhaps you and your attorney will have a nice brunch to celebrate your final divorce decree. Yet some people — folks afraid of heights, perhaps — have issues with it, since it is on the roof of the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort. Having an ...

By |July 29th, 2024|

My Wife Made Allegations to My Commanding Officer

Revenge is best served hot, as in a hot cup of coffee. At least that is what Melody Feliciano Johnson apparently thought. After her airman husband filed for divorce, Johnson allegedly used bleach to poison his coffee. Johnson reported to police that her husband sexually assaulted her while he was stationed in Germany, so she was allegedly poisoning him in ...

By |July 22nd, 2024|

PTSD Mental Health Issues & Family Court in Virginia

The earliest examples of trepanning — drilling holes in the human skull to relieve medical and psychological symptoms — are from around 6,000 B.C.E. We don’t drill into people’s heads anymore as a solution to mental health problems. Yet plenty of Virginian men face mental health crises and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that can affect family law matters. Jump ...

By |July 15th, 2024|

Is it Adultery if We’re Separated?

Some Virginia adultery stories are sad and sordid, like the case against Christina Wang. Ms. Wang resides in jail as she stares down murder charges in the 2023 death of her estranged husband Calvin. Before your divorce reaches the extremes of the Wang v. Wang divorce, consider how adultery can affect your family law case. Jump to a Section Adultery ...

By |July 8th, 2024|
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