Are We Having a Debate or a Dialogue? What happens when you and your partner have an argument about something? Does it feel like a fight instead of a problem-solving activity? When you argue in favor of what you want, […]
Tax Law and Alimony: Decide Now! A Big Change Arrives on January 1, 2019 By Virginia L Colin Decisions about alimony, also known as spousal support, are sometimes hard to make. Nevertheless NOW, before the end of December 2018, is […]
Shared Parenting? A Change in Virginia’s Laws In April 2018 Kentucky became the first state to require courts to use a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting in cases of separation or divorce. Translated into language still often used in Virginia, […]
Home Modifications Can Make Caregiving Easier by guest author Lydia Chan When I learned that my Aunt Lucille had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I cried. This was the woman who held me on her lap when I was a child and […]
Assets and Debts — What You Own and What You Owe These lists may be used when you are figuring out the terms of a divorce or figuring out how to manage the family’s finances while staying together. Assets include: […]
Creating a Parenting Plan by guest author Krishan Smith It can be a difficult business, wrapping your head around all the factors that constitute a parenting plan (often still labeled as a custody and visitation agreement). That being said, once […]
School Tips for Co-Parents Gary Anderson, who created this infographic for Ramos Law Group, is a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California. With over 10 years of experience writing for many different industries, he is an accomplished and published writer […]
Long Distance Co-Parenting, Can It Work? by Guest Author Krishan Smith Accepting a long distance situation We’re all familiar with the term long distance relationship. Many people have tried it; many would discount it as a possibility for them without […]
How to Help Your Kids Manage the Divorce Transition Even when everything goes as well as it can, divorce requires everyone in the family to adjust to some big changes. If you and your spouse can keep the turbulence down, […]
Topics in Parenting Agreements Most mediated Parenting Agreements address at least three topics: decision making, the parenting schedule, and child support. The first, whether one parent will make most of the decisions alone or the two parents will confer with […]