Can You Stop Child Support if Both Parents Agree?
Child support payments in Virginia are neither reward nor punishment. They are intended to keep children happily living the lives they came to expect before Mom ...
Can I Be Arrested for Stalking My Own Wife?
Say it with us, now: criminal harassment. Stalking in Virginia is criminal harassment, first punishable as a Class 1 Misdemeanor. Can you be arrested, charged, and ...
I’m a Disabled Vet. Do I Have to Pay Spousal Support?
If you want to have your name remembered for posterity, consider entangling yourself in a courtroom drama. Let’s build the worst possible case: a veteran, disabled ...
Who Has Custody of a Child If The Parents Aren’t Married?
Are you a glass-half-full or a glass-half-empty person? We ask because everyone has heard that old chestnut, “Half of all marriages end in divorce.” Well, that ...
My Ex-Wife is Dating a Felon. How Do I Get Full Custody?
Wives become ex-wives. Convicts become ex-convicts. Serve your time and you’re an ex-convict. But felons? A felon is a felon for life. So, when your ex-wife ...
I’m Not the Father … Can I Have My Name Removed from the Birth Certificate?
Birth records in Virginia were not required before 1912. In some ways, life was simpler then. A kid was your kid if you said she was ...
The Basics of Property Disputes During Separation
Habeas ut nanctus. Plautus, a Roman playwright, wrote that in 194 BCE. It means, “He keeps that finds.” Today, we and a playground of school kids ...
How to Talk to Your Child about Parental Alienation
Children, says doctor of psychology Sue Cornbluth1, want three things from their parents in divorce: to not be caught in the middle, to know the divorce ...
What is the Time Frame for Modifying Spousal Support in Virginia?
Ugh. The judge decreed it. You pay it. Month after grueling month of paying spousal support, and for what? Well, if you really want an answer, ...