Grandparent Rights

Sometimes parents will ask if the grandparents have any rights to visitation during their divorce or custody case.  In 2000, the United States Supreme Court decided Troxel v. Granville, which stated that parents have a fundamental right to the “care, custody, and
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Paying For College For Children of Divorce

With graduation season in full swing, many parents are thinking about college.  For parents going through a divorce, the question becomes a matter of who is going to pay for college. In Virginia, child support ends when the child turns 18; or
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Ways That Adultery Affects Divorce in Virginia

No one likes to find out their spouse has been cheating.  Adultery can be very difficult to prove, but it has serious consequences in divorce cases in Virginia. 1  – Adultery is crime in Virginia.   In the Virginia Code, adultery is defined
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I Don’t….. Divorce Parties on the Rise

Divorce rates are high, and so divorce has recently lost its stigma as a failure.  Instead of being embarrassed or devastated, many people are looking at it in a positive light.  Divorce parties are creating the atmosphere of optimism and rebirth –
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