Financial abuse is one of the most overlooked forms of domestic violence — especially among men. Many husbands do not realize they are being victimized until their finances, autonomy, and confidence have been stripped away piece by piece. In Virginia divorces, economic abuse shows up frequently, often intertwined with emotional manipulation and coercive control. Understanding how financial abuse works is ...
An amphibian leads a double life. That’s literally what the word means: amphi (Greek for “both”) and bios (Greek for “life”). A double life is ideal for frogs, salamanders, toads, and caecilians but is wildly inappropriate for a spouse. How can you shield yourself from the consequences of discovering your spouse leads a double life? And how does your spouse’s ...
Cursive handwriting is a lost art. That is why most of us have no idea what “cross the T’s and dot the I’s” originally meant. The connected letters of cursive required the writer to return to the completed word to, literally, cross the ascending t and place a dot over every i. At any rate, with divorce, every attorney knows ...
The common ferret is a remarkable animal. Ferrets are routinely used to hunt rabbits. Felicia Ferret1 cleaned pipes for Fermi Lab. A busyness of ferrets saved London's Millenium Concert2. Busyness — that's the collective noun. Felicia is one ferret; Felicia and all her ferret friends are a busyness. Ferrets are of little help, though, in ferreting out hidden assets during divorce. ...