Family Law

Grandparents often play an important role in the lives of their grandchildren. They can be a source of love, support and guidance as well as act as strong role models. In some families, grandparents may be denied access to their grandchildren, however. This may occur...

Child custody disputes can be highly contentious. Even if you find a workable resolution to your child custody dispute, the conversation is not necessarily over. An existing custody order can be modified at any time if there has been a material change in circumstances...

When you owe past-due child support, the government has the power to enforce a child support order. In Virginia, that includes the state’s Department of Child Support Enforcement (DSCE). On a federal level, it can also include the Office of Child Support Enforcement...

In the United States, about 30% of couples deal with financial infidelity. Financial infidelity can mean secreting away assets, making unexplained purchases, taking out loans on marital property, lying about income, or a number of other dishonest financial practices....

Your spouse served you with divorce papers, but honestly, it was not a surprise. Your marriage was not doing well for a long time and perhaps a split is for the best. Still, what happens now? Well, once you have contacted an attorney, one of the first steps you can...

About 50% of active-duty personnel in the military are married, and 40% of those families have children. But, as in civilian life, some of these marriages will fail. For military families, navigating divorce presents layers of complexity unique to the military sphere....

Divorce is not the only way to dissolve a marriage in Virginia. For some couples, an annulment might be an option -- though only in limited circumstances. The two are subtly different. A divorce legally ends a marriage. An annulment makes it as if, legally speaking,...

Some Virginia people who are planning to marry will sign a prenuptial agreement. Some of those people will later conclude that they do not like the terms of the prenuptial agreement that was signed when their relationship was in a better place.  The question then...

Going through divorce is tough enough as it is, but matters can be even more stressful and overwhelming when you’re in the midst of a high-asset divorce. Here, you have to make very important financial decisions that could affect your stability for years to come. With...

To some people (especially those on the outside looking in), a gray divorce seems no different than any other type of divorce. The term, “gray divorce” refers to people who divorce over age 50. The children of couples in that age bracket are usually grown and often...