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 ...
I Missed My Pendente Lite Hearing – What Now?
Nearly 43 years overdue. On February 1, 2023 the Newport News Public Library staff reported finding a book returned to one of its branches that was ...
How to Calculate Spousal Support in Virginia
Please note, this article was originally published in 2017 and has since been updated to 2024 figures. Always check Virginia Code for the most recent laws. ...
Virginia Divorce & Maintaining The Status Quo
Three public institutions of higher learning offer degrees in Latin. Understanding Latin could come in handy if you want to be an attorney, since words like ...
What is the Purpose of a Temporary Order in Virginia Courts?
Iurisperiti et eorum lingua Latina! Lawyers and their Latin—where you might say “cut that out,” lawyers will assert an estoppel. We could give a dozen examples ...
Do I Have to Pay Spousal Support During a Separation?
You and your spouse have agreed to separate. Bags in hand, standing at the front door, she tosses you one parting bombshell: she will expect spousal ...
Your Pendente Lite Hearing: What to Expect and How to Prepare
During divorce litigation, you can have a lot of time on your hands. One way to pass the time is to take up the dead language ...
Should I Sign a Temporary Agreement for Pendente Lite Purposes?
On the University of Colorado's campus sits Temporary Building No. 1, built in 1898. It is still in use. Most temporary things, like temporary agreements in ...
My Wife is Threatening to Leave and Take My Kids to Another State!
You don't usually think of children as property, but in a strange legal sense, they are. If you and your wife have children, you have a ...