Mental Health Evaluations in Virginia Family Law Cases
Everyday conversation is (unfortunately) littered with references to mental health. We routinely call people crazy, nuts, and cray-cray. We claim our spouse is a loon, a ...
We Never Signed the Marriage License … Do We Need a Divorce?
Tying the knot as a synonym for marriage dates back, depending on your chosen folk etylomology, at least to the Middle Ages when it was called "handfasting."1 ...
Should I Have the Same Divorce Lawyer as My Wife?
Virginia Beach epitomizes a conflict of interest. The office ties you down even as the rumbling roar of the ocean beckons you shore-side. A leisurely, enjoyable ...
Teen Custody: Can My Teenager Decide Who to Live With?
Teenage male otters deliberately swim into the “triangle of death.” Teenage gazelles deliberately taunt predators like lions and cheetahs, says the BBC1. Fathers of Virginia teenagers, ...
Can I Get More Than 50% of the Equity in My House When I Divorce?
Ah, marriage! As James Joyce once said in his work, Ulysses, “What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is my own.” If your marriage started off ...
What is Lump Sum Spousal Support?
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, ...
Pro Bono Divorce Lawyers: What You Should Know
The Latin word bono is, to our ears, naturally funny. “Bone-oh,” as in Sonny Bono or Matteo Bono. You cannot count Paul David Hewson, aka Bono, ...
Can My Child Decide Which Parent to Live With?
Latin may be a dead language, but its effects live on. Take the word “camera,” for example. It really just means a chamber, like a room. ...