No matter what happens with their own relationships, parents must ensure that the needs of their children always come first. In Virginia, and everywhere in the country, when parents divorce, one parent will likely be making child support payments as per a court order....
Month: July 2021
Is a former narcissistic spouse causing child custody problems?
Parents who have decided to divorce know that this serious decision will have an effect on their children. Like many parents in Virginia who have made like decisions, there is the desire to settle child custody issues amicably and as quickly as possible. Family court...
Commingling can complicate property division
When a marriage ends in divorce, a large portion of the process involves dividing the marital assets between the two spouses. While property division is equal in a few states, Virginia and most other states use a system of equitable distribution, the goal of which is...
Will my divorce lead to alimony?
For generations, divorced spouses have complained about the burden of alimony, also known as spousal support. In many cases in the past, the courts obligated one spouse, usually the husband, to make monthly support payments to the other, and those payments often...
How can parents spend child support money?
After a divorce or breakup, parents will have many decisions to make about how to cooperate in the raising of their children. Some parents can address many of these decisions on their own, but others are too risky to resolve without the backing of the court. Child...