Comedian Ben Bailey has a routine on odd expressions, including “Have your cake and eat it too.” You can either have your cake or you can eat it. Why would you have cake if you were not going to eat it? Getting a separation from your wife and having a girlfriend at the same time, though, is a bit like ...
The word “quiz” has often been claimed to be a purpose-built word to win a bet. Yet we have evidence from the Online Etymology Dictionary1 that this is not the case. Quiz was once used as a noun to describe a person who was a little … off, let’s say. Anyway, we thought you might like to brush up on ...
Ever consider making your own coffin? You can choose for a straightforward and relatively inexpensive plywood casket, or a more elaborate “toe pincher” style reminiscent of the Old West. Plans are available, for free, on the internet for the do-it-yourself funeral fancier. We are not recommending this, nor do we pass judgment. We only say you can do it, not ...
Few wounds in a crumbling marriage cut as deeply as adultery. Finding out your wife cheated on you constricts you like a coiling snake, cutting off options and taking the breath from you. You react, separate, and then file for a Virginia divorce. You seek an attorney focusing on protecting your rights as a man, and together you move ahead ...
The easiest way to explain physical custody in Virginia begins with a 2.04-ounce Kit Kat bar, the kind that gives you four little sub-wafers in a single, bigger bar. Sole physical custody? One parent gets the whole Kit Kat but lets the other parent hold it once in a while. Split physical custody? Each parent gets two sub-wafers. Shared physical custody? ...
Ever have liquid nitrogen thrown in your face? Surprisingly, you can survive, though we don’t recommend the trick. The cold reality of being in an ill-fitting marriage is a bit like a shot of liquid nitrogen to the face. This egregious epiphany can come through many avenues: affairs; substance abuse; incompatibility. Perhaps the harshest hit is from the realization that ...
Gender equality is admirable in issues like pay and workload, yet the term itself is a bit of an oxymoron. Genders are not biologically equal. Men make their … er … contribution … to the process, but only women develop life and give birth to babies. Still, can a Virginia Dad get custody of a baby? The answer is as convoluted ...
Can you record your wife without her knowing you are recording her? To answer this challenging question in Virginia law, we are deeply grateful to have as a special guest on today’s discussion a leading expert. Ms. Betty Boop, born August 9, 1930, may not be an attorney, she may have no expertise in law, and she may not even ...
Rose Ditano of Penhook, Virginia (over there in Franklin County) won $1 million in the Virginia Lottery recently1. She got it all in a lump sum, electronically deposited into her account. Spouses hoping for lump sum spousal support probably feel — if only for an instant — as happy and lucky as Rose. So what is lump sum spousal support? ...