Being able to work with your ex to parent the children can help the kids to be well adjusted despite the divorce. Knowing that they have the support of both parents and that the adults in their life are putting them first can help them to thrive. Working with your ex...
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How do I make joint custody work after the divorce?
There are not many things as contentious as child custody during the divorce process. Even in the best of circumstances, the thought of having restricted access to your children can be unsettling, to say the least. This explains why more and more divorcing couples are...
Child custody. Create a Virginia parenting plan you can live with
One of the things you will need as a divorcing parent is a parenting plan. Whether a Virginia family court orders one or you decide to create one yourself, a parenting plan comes with several advantages. Examples of these advantages include: Sets a consistent schedule...
3 signs it’s time to request a custody modification
No matter how carefully you try to craft the terms of your custody arrangements, you will eventually need to change them. As your children grow and mature, their needs and daily schedules will change as well. Virginia law allows you to modify an existing custody order...
Make the most of virtual visitation with your kids post-divorce
Keeping it real, divorce is hard on families, and it’s often hardest of all on the children. It can even be more challenging for a parent to retain strong bonds with their kids when that parent lives in another city or state. Those situations can arise from many...
4 important points to consider in divorce
The end of a marriage comes with considerable change in every aspect of your life. As you’re going through the divorce, you must ensure that you’re making decisions that enable you to start your new life on the right foot. There are several things that you need to...
2 ways to limit arguments during custody exchanges
You know that conflict makes divorce harder on children, but it is still so hard to have to see your ex every couple of days to exchange custody. Especially if they keep showing up late or with their new romantic partner in the front passenger seat of their car, you...
3 times that split custody could be a good family arrangement
Sharing custody usually means that one parent has the children while the other does not. However, there are many less-common forms of shared custody that can work well for certain modern families. Split custody is a unique parenting arrangement that involves each...
How do supervised visitation and custody exchanges work?
One of the biggest concerns divorcing parents in Leesburg have centers around losing contact with their children. When a parent has a questionable history, these concerns are even more pronounced, especially during the child custody stage of divorce. As is the case in...
Negotiating child custody with a difficult spouse
After being in a difficult marriage, you and your spouse may have decided to divorce. As you grieve the loss of your dreams, you may also be experiencing fear. What will happen? How will the divorce affect your children? To make your split even more painful, your...
