Estimated Reading Time: 2 Minutes 20 seconds Parenting is a one-shot deal. And when it comes to divorce or separation, it is rarely going to be a super positive event for your children. There are always opportunities to make the best of things, though, and that will be your job throughout the process.
Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes 40 seconds Contemplating divorce and unsure how to proceed? It's only natural to feel nervous about finding the right way to end a marriage- which is always a stressful time with lots of uncertainties. If you have decided that staying out of the fray of negative, time-consuming, and often cost prohibitive litigation is the right choice for you, you will likely be on the hunt for a good divorce mediator.
Estimated Reading Time: 3 Minutes 50 seconds In a Virginia divorce, there must always be grounds for divorce. In a "no-fault" divorce, those grounds are based on a period of separation. With minor children, couple seeking divorce must live separate and apart for one year.
Estimated Reading Time: 1 Minute 40 seconds Mediation is a confidential settlement process in which a trained, neutral settlement expert — the “mediator” — facilitates communication between the parties. Without deciding the issues or imposing a solution on the parties, the mediator enables them to better understand each other’s positions and to reach a mutually agreeable resolution to their disputes.
Estimated Reading Time: 4 Minutes 40 seconds When families break apart in a divorce, many parents do not know where to turn to get help. Divorce lawyer? Divorce mediator? What is best when it comes to planning for children when their parents are getting a divorce? Here is some information to help you choose what route to take: Parents must decide whether they want the fate of their children’s upbringing to be made within the family unit (by mom and dad) or by a judge.
Estimated Reading Time: 8 Minutes 50 seconds Starting Jan 1, 2019, the long-standing tax rules associated with alimony have significantly changed, and alimony is no longer tax deductible by the payer; nor is it taxable to the receiver. The new law, however, does not apply retroactively.
Estimated Reading Time: 3 min 30 sec When a marriage comes to an end, people are often so deeply hurt that they feel they will never be able to forgive the other person and figure out how to move on after divorce. Not being able to forgive, though, is not the end of the world.
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 how they will move forward in their lives, both during their separation and after divorce. A signed PSA will be the biggest part of your divorce.
Estimated Reading Time: 13 Minutes How Do Virginia Courts & Mediators View Equitable Distribution When a Husband and Wife Commingle Separate (Non-Marital) and Marital Property? In Virginia divorce law, there is a lot of confusion when it comes to the division and distribution of property[1] when the divorcing couple does not agree on whether that property is “marital property”, “separate property” or a combination thereof (known as “hybrid property”). This confusion is unfortunate because how property is classified is extremely important in terms of what is on and what is off limits to Virginia judges when they make their “taketh and giveth” decisions.
Estimated Reading Time: 2 min 50 sec Divorce is a shock to the system even if getting divorced was your idea. When it finally becomes a reality that your marriage is ending, it is common to feel even more unbalanced than your spouse in coping with divorce emotions.
