Perhaps one of the most difficult aspects of serving in the U.S. Armed Forces is the time spent away from family. This separation can be even more bittersweet after a divorce or separation, especially when there are children involved. Recently, the Air Force decided...
Child Custody
Finding ways to cultivate an effective co-parenting relationship
If you and your spouse choose to take separate paths, there is a chance you could be eager to move on and open a new chapter in your life. However, if you have children together, this might not be viable, or even preferable, as your children may benefit the most if...
Post-divorce child custody issues: Homework
Virginia couples going through a divorce will need to prepare themselves for a variety of challenges. If they are parents, they have added issues to work out as they plan their post-divorce child custody arrangements. One concern many parents have is that their...
Military child custody issues: The family care plan
Military service members here in Virginia and elsewhere face many of the same issues civilians do during a divorce. However, they must also address additional issues unique to serving in the United States Armed Forces. One is the need for a family care plan as part of...
Things to think about when creating a parenting schedule
As a Virginia family goes through a divorce, its members will need to contemplate and adapt to a number of changes. This is especially true when it comes to any children, who may feel as though they are and will continue to be in a constant state of flux going between...
When negotiations fail and parents face the courtroom
When the marriages of Virginia parents end, their primary concern will most likely be what will happen to their children. These days, most parents attempt to negotiate their own child custody agreements, but sometimes, negotiations fail, even with the help of a...
Parenting plan provisions to help avoid co-parenting conflicts
No matter how much Virginia parents work together, disputes regarding the children will arise whether they are married or not. It is nearly impossible to always agree on how to raise the children or what decisions should be made on their behalf. A divorce only tends...
What circumstances could require a child support modification?
When Virginia couples get divorced, they go through the process of resolving the financial and familial issues between them. In order to calculate sums such as child support, the parties and the court look at a snapshot of the parties’ current lives. There is no way...
Why choose mediation for child custody issues?
Not all parents here in Virginia or elsewhere across the country remain together. Marital and nonmarital relationships do not always work out, and when they don’t, the parents will find themselves needing to work out child custody issues. These days, most parents do...
Do it for the children: avoiding spousal quarantine quarrels
As the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across the US and states are enforcing different levels of quarantine mandates, families are experiencing new frontiers of cohabitation. To call it cabin fever is an understatement--for couples whose relationship was already on the...

