Most parents know that having a child means that you have to adjust certain aspects of parenting at different points of the year. One time of year that often requires major changes is summer, partly because children aren’t in school during the week. For parents who...
Court-ordered child support orders in Virginia are not set in stone. If circumstances have changed significantly since the current orders came to be, you can request a modification. However, it’s not as simple as just asking for a change. Understanding how child...
Custody orders help establish reasonable expectations for co-parenting. Custody orders approved by the family courts outline a breakdown of parenting time and an allocation of legal decision-making authority. In most cases where unmarried parents separate or married...
Child custody orders are issued by the court to determine where and with whom a child will live after their parents separate. These orders can be modified to better suit the child’s evolving needs, making sure their best interests are met as circumstances change. When...
Child custody arrangements can sometimes prove problematic after a divorce. It might reach the point where your child refuses or resists seeing one parent. In this case a court or one of the parents may call in a particular type of mental health worker, known as a...
What happens when a couple divorces after working with assisted reproduction specialists to have human embryos frozen? In a current Virginia case, a couple conceived one living child and left two embryos in frozen storage. Unfortunately, their marriage fell apart...
Sometimes determining child custody can be relatively straightforward with both parties willing to make compromises to find a swift resolution. Other times it can be much more difficult because one or both parties take polarized standpoints that result in a lot of...
You do not have to go through litigation to decide your child custody arrangement. Litigation can be a time-consuming, costly and adversarial process that may negatively affect your children’s wellbeing. Mediation is often a better method of resolving child custody...
When getting divorced, co-parents often have a lot of questions. They want to make sure that this goes smoothly for their children. The following are three of the main questions that parents tend to ask. They can help you and your spouse get started if you’re...
Imagine a scenario where kids of divorce can stay in one familiar home instead of packing up and moving from residence to residence so frequently. If this sounds like a post-divorce dream situation, your family could be an ideal candidate for a nesting (or...
