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VIDEO: Robin lists the criteria that courts look for to meet the requirements of “living separate and apart” for a Virginia divorce.

VIDEO: Robin explains the procedure and methodology of her efficient and fair mediation process.

Estimated Reading Time: 2 min 30 sec I recently answered a question on Quora (a popular question and answer site):What is the brutal truth about life after marriage? More than 50,000 people found this answer helpful. Here is the answer:

The brutal truth of life after marriage is really about the brutal truth of life after kids.

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When parents get divorced, kids don’t count the days or hours in the custody schedule. Instead, they often worry about all of kinds of things most adults never even consider. For example: Who will kiss my pet turtle goodnight when I am at Dad’s house? How will Santa know where I am sleeping on Christmas? Can I paint my new bedroom any color I want? Once your children have their “logistical and technical” questions answered, what they really want, when their parents get divorced, is this:

Kids want to feel unconditional love from both parents.

Estimated Reading Time: 7min 59sec When making custody determinations, judges and child experts usually prefer a shared parenting arrangement over a sole parenting arrangement. "Two is better than one", is the prevailing philosophy. Whether you agree that this is best for your child or not, you need to be ready for the key players and decision-makers in your divorce (the judge, expert witnesses, and your spouse's attorney) to be leaning toward this type of arrangement.

Estimated Reading Time: 3min 7sec Your divorce may impact your children in a variety of ways. That impact depends on your children's emotional make-up and their previous experiences. Equally important is and how the people around your children -- especially you and the other parent -- react to the divorce and provide comfort and support to your children through this turbulent time.

Estimated Reading Time: 3 min 13 sec There has been a great deal of research demonstrating that high quality daycare is beneficial to children's emotional and intellectual development. 1. Language and cognitive development: Studies have found that children in higher quality childcare tend to have better language and cognitive development during the first 4.5 years.

Estimated Reading Time: 6min 59sec No one has it easy as a marriage comes to an end.  But things become even more complicated – and the potential for immense emotional pain only grows – when a child is involved. Our legal system has set up standards that remove the emotion from custody decisions.

VIDEO: The 3 most important factors if you are considering divorce and need alimony.

VIDEO: In this video, I share my 3-step process to determine Is My Marriage Over?