Military service members in the Fairfax and Leesburg areas perform the crucial and honorable role of protecting our nation’s interests. However, a marriage in which one or both spouses are members of the military can be challenging. Long deployments and frequent moves...
Property division in divorce can be the most stressful and complicated portion of the entire process. Splitting up the assets of between two people includes bank accounts, retirement assets, and expensive property like homes, cars, and boats. These assets are...
During your marriage, you may have worked diligently to build a business, your portfolio, your retirement accounts and more. Perhaps you finally bought the house of your dreams and filled it with carefully selected items. Now that you are divorcing, you want to make...
It does not matter how much money Virginia couples have during their marriage. Divorce will bring financial changes and the agreement the parties reach can help create some post-divorce financial security. To better understand what will make that happen, it would be...
Money matters may have been at the core of your disagreements with your spouse. The silence, arguments, indifference and one-sidedness regarding money-spending and money-saving habits piled up so high that your marriage could not recover. As it turned out, the two of...
Divorce is a challenging and sometimes contentious process, even when both spouses work together to find a mutually acceptable agreement. But even a reasonable person who makes one snarky comment that is heard or seen by others can suffer the consequences later on. A...
In the past, many Virginia couples felt that prenuptial agreements were only necessary for those with substantial amounts of family wealth or high-profile celebrities. However, more and more engaged partners have been won over to the option of deciding in advance how...
People most involved in the industry have long noticed a seasonal spike in divorce filings following the holidays. How universal is this trend though, or is it more of an overblown myth? One author compiled the evidence and experts to answer that question. Fairfax...
Whether it is a carefully planned event that is shared with thousands of people or a private proposal, everyone's hearts are touched by the magic of the moment. While there is so much excitement that surrounds an engagement, there is also a deeply pragmatic side to...
It is common for both men and women in Virginia to experience challenges after a divorce. However, in a country where women are often awarded custody of children and where women's income is 81% of men's, the challenges may be different. Here are two of the biggest...
