The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is an annuity plan to provide an income source to a surviving spouse upon the death of a service member. The SBP is not a free program, in fact, you must pay a monthly premium based on the “base amount” or benefit level elected. When...
Spousal support, often known more commonly as alimony, is used not to punish one spouse, but to support a financially dependent spouse in the event of a pending divorce and/or after a divorce. Spousal support can be established either by an agreement between the...
Child support is the monetary obligation that a noncustodial parent/responsible party (parent who does not have physical custody of their child) pays to the parent who does (custodial parent). In Virginia, both parents are financially responsible for the child, but...
While it is possible to pursue a divorce without an attorney to represent you, legal issues involving family and children can often get heated, and complex, even out of control, very quickly. An experienced family law attorney can typically foresee and warn you about...
Getting a divorce involves a radical re-framing of life for most people. For years perhaps, you have been planning a future with your spouse — and a divorce changes ALL of those plans in one single day. It is normal to have feelings of loss, or to be bombarded by new...
When you’re getting a divorce, you may wonder if your spouse has a claim on any of your retirement benefits. Or you may hope that you can claim a share of the family’s retirement benefits because you did not factor a divorce into your life plan until recently, and you...
No, there is no Federal law that automatically entitles a former spouse to a portion of a member’s military retired pay. A former spouse must have been awarded a portion of a member’s military retired pay in a State court order. The Uniformed Services Former Spouses’...
EVERYBODY hates lawyers . . . BUT everybody loves THEIR lawyer! Let’s face it; unless you are adopting a child, no one wants to need a family lawyer. Usually unfortunate and unwanted circumstances in the family drive you to your lawyer. From Prenuptial to Probate,...
This issue is either overlooked by the separated or recently divorced parties, or it is hotly disputed; in either case, it is almost always misunderstood. One parent typically believes that since he or she is spending more time physically caring for the children, he...
A friend tells another friend over coffee, “Well it’s finally over–Frank’s lawyer got the apartment and my lawyer got the two cars and the beach house!” Many of us wish that were actually funny. Isn’t it interesting that the filing fee for divorce is less than one...
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