A divorce can be a traumatic and jarring life experience, particularly if your finances are not in order. It is essential to know how you will support yourself financially without help from your spouse in the event of divorce. Prenups are the most effective way to...
Couples who decide to divorce will likely need to divide their property. Some types of property are harder to divide than others. One of the trickiest types of assets to divide is a retirement account. People going through a divorce can divide their accounts using...
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...
