Running away from home in Virginia is two things: a rite of passage for children and a perfectly legal act. As the City of Virginia Beach explains on their Runaway Children web page, the police do not investigate a runaway teen as a criminal. That may be small comfort when your teenager shows up at your doorstep when you are ...
We have all witnessed the tawdry spectacle of brutal, nasty, embarrassing Hollywood divorces like Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, or Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Yet even the most benign, quiet Virginia divorce can have its ugly moments. Rather than reveal any weird personal habits, both parties must provide financial disclosures. Jump to a Section Financial Disclosures in Virginia Divorce ...
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 ...
What can you get done in 60 days? In Virginia, you have to get a state driver’s license within 60 days of moving into the Commonwealth. In Great Britain, you can have two Prime Ministers in less than 60 days. You can also while away 60 days in jail in Virginia for violating a protective order—say, for domestic violence. Jump ...
Virginia’s divorce proceedings unfold in Circuit Courts. When settling issues of child custody, parenting time schedules, and child support, the Commonwealth’s network of Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts (JDRDC) oversees matters. Working with your family law attorney, you can successfully navigate the murky waters of legal custody in Virginia. Jump to a Section Two Primary Types of Custody Sole, ...
Outer Mongolia sounds … remote. Still, a recent federal jobs listing showed a dozen opportunities for a posting in Mongolia. Overseas postings are not exclusively military; FederalJobs.net says more than 45,000 Americans serve overseas in the state department, military postings, and in teaching jobs. Some of them, surely, want to divorce. But how? Non-Military Divorce Only one of the two ...
In a world of virtual meetings, why would anyone travel for a job? Experts at DecipherZone rattle off 10 reasons for business travel. But too much business travel is just bad for relationships, with even a capitalist bastion like Forbes pointing out it can lead to divorce. Jump to a Section Is She Traveling for Legit Reasons? Divorce But Not ...
Sultan Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, 17th century ruler of Morocco, holds the record for siring the most children in history, at 867. He was not a man to cross; he had four wives and 500 concubines and killed any man who looked at them. Not much is said about his 525 sons and 342 daughters, but you just know he ...
The phrase resonates on playgrounds: “I know you are but what am I?” This childish taunt grows up to become “whataboutism” in politics and “recrimination” in a Virginia divorce. The concept behind all three is the same: accusing your accuser of the same or worse behavior. Jump to a Section Divorce 101 Virginia Divorce Defenses Recrimination Is Recrimination Effective? Divorce ...