How Does Child Support Work if the Parents Live in Different States? By Jason E Swango|July 19th, 2021|Categories: Child Support, Children & Parenting, Family Law|Tags: Department of Social Services, DSS, The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, UIFSA| Read More
Who Has Custody of a Child If The Parents Aren’t Married? By Jason E Swango|February 1st, 2021|Categories: Child Custody, Children & Parenting, Family Law|Tags: Acknowledgement of Paternity, AOP, Code of Virginia, DCSE, Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement, DSS, establishing paternity, prima facie, Virginia code| Read More
DSS’s Family Engagement Services By Jason E Swango|May 11th, 2020|Categories: Children & Parenting, Family Law|Tags: Department of Social Services, DSS, Social Services, Team Decisionmaking| Read More
Can a Child Support Order be in Multiple States? By Jason E Swango|February 4th, 2019|Categories: Child Support, Children & Parenting, Family Law|Tags: Child Support Enforcement Agency, CSEA, DCSE, Department of Social Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement, DSS, UCCJEA, UIFSA, Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Uniform Interstate Family Support Act| Read More
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) & Child Support By Jason E Swango|October 3rd, 2018|Categories: Child Support, Children & Parenting, Family Law|Tags: Department of Social Services, DSS, TANF, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families| Read More
What is Considered an Unstable or Unsafe Household? By Jason E Swango|August 17th, 2018|Categories: Child Abuse, Child Custody, Children & Parenting, Emergency Orders, Family Law|Tags: Child Protective Services, CPS, Department of Social Services, DSS, food insecurity, food security, U.S. Department of Agriculture, unsafe, unstable, USDA, Virginia Child Protective Services| Read More
Can My Child Be Put Up for Adoption Without My Permission? By Jason E Swango|April 6th, 2018|Categories: Adoption, Children & Parenting, Family Law, Father's Rights, Fatherhood, Paternity|Tags: Code of Virginia, Department of Social Services, DSS, Putative Father Registry, Virginia Birth Father Registry, Virginia code, Virginia Law| Read More
I Signed the Birth Certificate, Then Found Out I’m Not the Father. What’s Next? By Jason E Swango|April 2nd, 2018|Categories: Children & Parenting, Family Law, Paternity|Tags: Acknowledgement of Paternity, AOP, Code of Virginia, Department of Social Services, DSS, establishment of paternity, rebuttable presumption, Virginia code, Virginia Law| Read More
What are the Warning Signs of Child Abuse? By Jason E Swango|March 23rd, 2018|Categories: Child Abuse, Children & Parenting, Family Law|Tags: Code of Virginia, CPS, Department of Social Services, mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, Virginia Child Protective Services| Read More
Do I Have to Allow Visitation As a Custodial Father? By Jason E Swango|January 29th, 2018|Categories: Child Custody, Child Support, Children & Parenting, Family Law, Visitation|Tags: Code of Virginia, Department of Social Services, DSS, primacy, Virginia code, Virginia Law| Read More
