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You do not want to your divorce to be prolonged, expensive, time consuming, and emotionally devastating. First, if you have children, it will be impossible to shield them from the divorce proceedings and the nastier they are the more the kids will be detrimentally...
If you lose your job, the first thing you should do is to call your family law lawyer. Do not delay. Why? Because you may be able to file a motion with the court to reduce your support obligation. If you are successful in getting a court to reduce your support, your...
If you are fired from your job, you can file a motion with the court asking to reduce your child support payments. Whether the court will reduce your child support depends, in part, on the reason why you were fired. If you were fired for cause or misconduct at your...
I would like to review a published case from Virginia's Court of Appeals dealing with relocation of the children out of state. The trial court and appeals court approved mother's request to move the children from Virginia to Wisconsin. In Judd v. Judd, 53 Va. App. 578...
CAN A PARENT MOVE THE CHILDREN AWAY? CAN THE OTHER PARENT STOP THE OTHER PARENT FROM MOVING THE CHILDREN AWAY? Your spouse or the other parent wants to move your children away from their current residence-to another place in Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia,...
When the subject of marriage arises, divorce might feel like an inappropriate topic. Divorce remains a possibility, however, and negotiating a prenuptial agreement could help a couple understand their financial position and priorities. The act of creating a contract...
Yes. Virginia's child support formula or guidelines are used to calculate an amount of child support that is the presumptive child support amount. But that presumptive amount is rebuttable. The court has discretion to use a different child support amount than that...
WHAT IS YOUR GROSS INCOME? The first thing you need to do for preparing a case for or against spousal support or alimony is to read and know the statute that sets forth the factors that the court must consider in determining alimony. In the most recent blog, I...
In Virginia, child support is determined by a formula. The numbers that are used as inputs to the formula to calculate child support are: The gross incomes of the parties. The amount of spousal support paid to one party, if any. Whether a party supports other children...
In Virginia, spousal support or alimony is determined by a Court using the following factors which are set forth in the spousal support statute, called Virginia Code Section 107.3. I will quote the statute's factors. A court is bound to consider the follow factors...
