What Are Your Parental Rights Without a Court Order?

A question I get often is what are my parental rights if there is no custody order in place? In most states, the answer is it depends. If you were married to the other parent, and are listed on the child’s birth
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Up In Smoke – Marijuana Possession Now a Civil Fine in D.C.

At midnight, the District of Columbia ordinance reducing marijuana possession to a $25.00 fine went into effect.  The legislation amended the possession or transfer of up to one ounce of marijuana from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil violation. The public consumption
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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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