What Virginia Beach Families Need to Know About the Latest Updates in Custody, Support, and Separation Family law is always evolving to meet the needs of modern families, and Virginia’s latest round of legal updates – effective July 1, 2025 – brings some of the most meaningful changes in recent years, reshaping how courts calculate …
Divorce is more than just the end of a marriage. It’s also a profound life transition that reshapes your personal and financial life. While most of the focus during a divorce is on property division, custody, and support, few people realize how much it can also affect their estate planning initiatives. Your estate plan was …
When you’re facing a divorce, every decision you make feels like it carries lasting consequences – and many of them do. Beyond your property division and child custody arrangements, one of the most complex yet often overlooked areas involves taxes and their implications. Although divorce lawyers can’t and should not provide tax or financial advice, …
How Virginia Beach Parents Can Modify Custody and Visitation Orders When Life Circumstances Change Life in Virginia Beach moves quickly. Parents move for work. Military families receive new orders. Children’s needs evolve as they get older. When these changes happen, the custody and visitation order that once worked may no longer fit your family’s new …
How you talk to your children about your divorce can ease their fears and help support them through this major life change. When family dynamics change, love and reassurance matter most. Telling your children that you’re getting a divorce is one of the hardest conversations any parent will ever face. No matter how old your …
The holidays bring a mix of emotions – joy, excitement, nostalgia – and often, stress. For blended families, especially, the season can present its own unique challenges. Conflicting traditions, new family dynamics, scheduling conflicts, and gift-giving pressures can leave parents overwhelmed while trying to keep a sense of peace and celebration for their children. While …
When facing divorce or custody disputes, families in Virginia Beach often find themselves balancing both the emotional toll of the ordeal and the challenges of navigating Virginia family law. Decisions made during this time affect everything from your relationship with your children to your financial future. Understanding how Virginia law applies to your individual case …
When parents separate or divorce, child custody disputes are some of the most emotionally charged issues that arise. Both parents will feel strongly about what is best for their child, but the court’s focus is on the legal objective standard of the child’s best interests. To help ensure that the child’s welfare is the priority, …
The holidays should be a time of wonder, not conflict. But when you’re co-parenting after a divorce or separation, those same holidays are usually more stressful than wonderful. Who gets the kids on Christmas morning? How will you split time fairly, so nobody feels hurt? School breaks, family events, travel plans – it’s easy for …
Divorce isn’t just about dissolving a marriage. It often reshapes each spouse’s financial future. For many couples, spousal support (often called alimony) becomes one of the most important – and contentious – issues in a divorce case. In Virginia, courts strive to create fair support orders, but “fair” rarely means the same thing across cases. …
Divorce is as much a financial untangling as it is an emotional one. When two lives have been financially intertwined, each partner must lay every card on the table when a marriage dissolves. And yet, some spouses are tempted to stack the deck in their favor, hoping to get a larger share. They shift cash …
Thinking About Divorce in January? Why You Should Start Preparing Now The beginning of a new year always presents possibilities – New Year’s resolutions, fresh goals, and even the chance to start over. For some, that leads to even bigger decisions, especially if they’re considering ending a marriage. In fact, so many file for divorce …
Caring for a loved one, whether an aging parent or spouse, an adult child with disabilities, or someone facing serious illness, is a selfless act that often requires the caregiver to step in to help with important decisions. And at some point, the caregiver usually needs legal authority to make these decisions and manage their …
Schedule a Free ConsultationMost people want their loved ones to inherit smoothly, not spend months (or years) in court to access the assets that were left to them. But if the estate goes through probate, that is precisely what can happen. Probate – the legal process that oversees how someone’s assets are distributed after death …
Each November, National Family Caregivers Month recognizes the millions of family members who quietly shoulder the responsibility of caring for aging parents, disabled spouses, or loved ones facing chronic illness. These caregivers provide much more than meals, medication, and transportation. Their personal sacrifices are largely unnoticed, and yet they continue to show up out of …
The holiday season often brings a whirlwind of expenses, from seasonal gifts to travel costs to see loved ones. And for separated or divorced parents in Florida, this can create confusion. Who pays for what? What is included in child support, and what isn’t? If you are co-parenting in Florida, understanding Florida’s child support laws …
Facing the possibility of a divorce is never easy, especially as the year comes to a close. Divorce isn’t just a legal process. It’s a financial and emotional turning point. Before December 31 rolls around, you should consider some practical steps to help protect your interests, position yourself for a smoother process, and begin the …
Schedule a Free Consultation Few situations are more legally serious than a parent being denied access to their child. When a co-parent refuses to honor your parenting schedule, or visitation order, or refuses to let you see your child at all, it can leave you feeling heartbroken and helpless. Fortunately, state laws provide legal tools …