If you want to move your children out of the school district, city, county, state, or country, you better have some good reasons. Courts look skeptically of parents who want to move the kids away from the other parent. Judges scrutinize your motives. Are you moving...
Experience, Accessibility And Proven Results
Month: January 2019
Alimony During Separation And The Divorce Process
HOW MUCH ALIMONY OR SPOUSAL SUPPORT WILL I GET IN MY DIVORCE? HOW MUCH ALIMONY OR SPOUSAL SUPPORT WILL I HAVE TO PAY IN MY DIVORCE? IS THERE A FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF ALIMONY OR SPOUSAL SUPPORT? A critical issue in any separation or divorce is how much...
How Can You And Your Ex Resolve Custody Issues?
You and your wife have children. The two of you will need to make your best efforts to try to discuss and resolve the issues relating to the children. There are many issues to discuss. I will discuss the various ways that you and your spouse can work through these...
Issues Relating To Custody: Sole Legal Custody
The statute in Virginia defines sole legal custody as follows: "Sole custody" means that one person retains responsibility for the care and control of a child and has primary authority to make decisions concerning the child. Va. Code Section 124.1 Legal custody means...
Issues Relating To Custody: Sole Legal Custody
JOINT LEGAL CUSTODY The Virginia statute defines joint custody as follows: Joint custody" means (i) joint legal custody where both parents retain joint responsibility for the care and control of the child and joint authority to make decisions concerning the child even...
Legal Custody – Different Types Of Legal Custody
I have discussed two types of legal custody. Recall that legal custody means which parent makes major decisions relating to the children. There is sole legal custody in which one parent makes major decisions relating to the children and the other parent has no input...
Legal Custody
I have discussed two types of legal custody. Recall that legal custody means which parent makes major decisions relating to the children. There is sole legal custody in which one parent makes major decisions relating to the children and the other parent has no input...
How Can You And Your Ex Resolve Custody Issues?
You and your wife have children. The two of you will need to make your best efforts to try to discuss and resolve the issues relating to the children. There are many issues to discuss. I will discuss the various ways that you and your spouse can work through these...
Couples that don’t match in looks may be more likely to divorce
Virginia residents who are married may want to take a good look in the mirror. Experts say that attractiveness matters in marriage, especially if one spouse is significantly more attractive than the other. Research has shown that men who marry women who are "out of...
How To Resolve Custody Agreements With Your Spouse?
In previous blogs, I discussed various methods to reach custody agreements with your spouse. If these methods don't work after all your good faith efforts, there are still other options. Settlement conferences. One option is for you and your spouse to retain lawyers...