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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Last week, the Senate held a hearing on child trafficking and re-homing. The practice of re-homing involves parents giving away their adopted children to strangers they meet online. The little-known practice gained some press when Reuters news service investigated the issue last
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Many people wonder – can I move to another state with my civil protective order? How will the state enforce it? If you have a Washington, DC Civil Protective Order, it can be enforced in another state, as long as it meets
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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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As summer starts, many working parents start to wonder when they can leave children home alone. There is no federal law regarding the age at which children may stay home or babysit. Very few states have any laws on the subject either.
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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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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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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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Child support is often a tense subject between parents. However, once a court order is in place, it is imperative that you follow the order and make your payments on time. Failing to abide by the court order can result in major
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A Swiss court ordered Dmitry Rybolovlev to pay $4.5 billion to his wife Elena in their divorce. Marc Bonnant, attorney for Elena Rybolovlev, stated that it was “the most expensive divorce in history.” Swiss law requires equal division of money or assets
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