Divorce

If you pay or receive child support, you may notice that the state assesses different fees to the payment. According to the Virginia Department of Social Services, you may have to pay interest and fees if you are the one paying child support, and you may have other...

A stress-free divorce might seem impossible, especially when your marriage had a tumultuous and rocky end. However, it is in your best interest and the best interest of your former spouse to look for the most amicable resolution. This is especially true when you share...

Divorcing couples can opt to handle their family law matters through collaborative divorce. This increasingly popular area of alternative dispute resolution allows ex-spouses to hire attorneys to protect their individual rights while also avoiding contentious court...

To end your marriage through a divorce, Virginia Law requires that you meet certain requirements. If you can prove that your spouse is at fault, you can use that as grounds for divorce. However, the law also allows you to divorce through a no-fault process. A no-fault...

In Virginia, you can file for divorce based on fault grounds.  Fault based divorces are where one spouse alleges the other party was at fault for the breakdown of the marriage. One of the fault grounds one can allege to begin a divorce case is “cruelty.”  The Virginia...

When it comes to the end of a marriage, there are a number of ways in which credit card debt can come into play. Sometimes, a bitter ex racks up credit card debt because they are upset about their partner's decision to divorce or they simply do not care about...

When getting divorced, a couple must split not only their shared assets but also their shared debts. Many people today carry student loan debt for many years after completing school. When they get a divorce, they must understand how their student loans may or may not...

Your finances may look a whole lot different after a divorce as you adjust to getting by on one income, rather than two. Even if you were not working during the majority of your marriage, your financial future may still look much different when your relationship comes...

One of the more important decisions many divorcing couples will need to make during the divorce and property division process is what will happen to the family home. This blog recently discussed the property division process during divorce and it is also helpful to...