In this video Robin tells you what expenses child support is intended to cover.
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What Does Child Support Actually Cover
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How Can I Keep My House In a Divorce
VIDEO: Robin walks you through the 3 primary methods of keeping your family home in a divorce situation.
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How to deal with Unwanted Divorce
VIDEO: Robin helps you pick yourself up and settle a divorce that you didn’t want.
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How Does Money Get Divided In a Divorce
VIDEO: Robin lays out for you, in clear language, how money and assets are split up in a divorce.
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50/50 Custody - Are Courts Biased Against Men?
Estimated Reading Time: 5 min read
Divorce courts are not biased against men in 50/50 custody situations. Instead, they are looking for a particular ...
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5 Divorce Hacks for Saving Time and Money
VIDEO: Divorce is tough enough. Settlement should be streamlined.
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Modifying Child Support in Virginia
VIDEO: Robin gives step by step instructions on how to modify child support after you are divorced.
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How to Modify Child Support After Divorce in Virginia
Here are the step-by-step instructions you need to know to modify your child support post-divorce in Virginia.
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How Does Alimony Work?
VIDEO: The 3 most important factors if you are considering divorce and need alimony.
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How Does Spousal Support Work in Virginia?
Estimated Reading Time: 8 min read
Virginia Code
Virginia statutory law speaks generally of the criteria that a judge must consider when deciding an ...
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How Does Alimony Work?
Estimated Reading Time: 2 min 30 sec
There is no guarantee of alimony in a Virginia divorce. There are rules of thumb — but no hard and fast ...
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Tax Effects of Alimony (Spousal Support) | New Tax Rules as of 1/1/2019 under the TCJA
Estimated Reading Time: 8 Minutes 50 seconds
Starting Jan 1, 2019, the long-standing tax rules associated with alimony have significantly changed, and ...
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What is a Marital Settlement Agreement and MSA in a Virginia Divorce?
Estimated Reading Time: 8 Minutes 30 seconds
A Marital Settlement Agreement and MSA is a contract between a married couple that sets out the terms of ...
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Writing Divorce Settlement Agreements that Stand the Test of Time
Estimated Reading Time: 5 Minutes 25 seconds
Writing good Divorce Settlement Agreements—particularly when children are involved—blends two divergent, ...
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Child Support Income Determinations - Virginia Divorce
For purposes of calculating Child Support in a Virginia divorce, gross income is what is used (not net, not AGI, nor anything else). The term “gross ...
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Key College Planning Questions for Divorcing Parents
When a couple with children divorces, they need to consider how college expenses will now be planned. Will their original thinking about paying for college ...
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What is the Purpose of Child Support?
Parents often are confused about what their child support obligation is supposed to cover. Like many things that involve the legal system, there is ...