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...
Virginia Family Law Blog
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...
Can my dating life affect my custody?
As daunting as it seems, hopping back into the dating pool after a divorce can be liberating. If you’re in a new relationship that’s starting to take off, you may even be excited to introduce your new partner to your children. Unfortunately, your ex-spouse may not be...
Laying the financial foundation while preparing for divorce
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...
How can venting about a spouse hurt your divorce outcome?
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...
Strategies to protect children in a child custody case
In a Virginia divorce, deciding child custody and ensuring that the transition goes as smoothly as possible are a vital part of the process. It can be easy to get caught up in the disputes that led to the end of the marriage and forget about the child's best...
What type of parenting plan works best when you can’t get along?
Now that you are starting divorce proceedings, every life in your household is about to change, and your children may fear what the future will look like. At this point in your relationship with your soon-to-be-ex spouse, the only thing you may agree on is making the...
Strategies co-parents can use to raise healthy and happy children
Many co-parents in Virginia feel like they are navigating completely new waters when they try to raise children after a divorce. In addition to dealing with their own pain, they must also try to help their children. The following tips have helped some co-parents as...
Financial planning with a postnuptial agreement
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...

