Let’s Beat the Summer Heat

With temperatures rising, one thing is for sure – summer is right around the corner! Knowing the final weeks of school will quickly come to an end, you may find yourself planning a family vacation or scheduling summer camps. If you are one of the many parents who share custody of your children, now is […]

Eat Your Broccoli – Forcing Visitation on Children

Parents often struggle with the decisions they make every day when raising children. They contemplate and consider the ramifications of each decision to ensure they are making the best one, the right one. So what happens when parents separate and divorce and parenting out of one household quickly changes to  “co-parenting” out of two households? […]

Holidays!

School is back in session.  Labor Day has passed.  Next up: the highly anticipated holiday season!  When many of us think of the holidays, images of children trick-or-treating, a big turkey dinner with all of the fixings, or a family sitting around the fireplace opening presents come to mind.  However, for parents who have gone […]

Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal in VA. North Carolina Next?

Absent action by the US Supreme Court today, same-sex couples may begin to wed in the State of Virginia beginning tomorrow, Thursday, August 21st.  The imminent legality of same-sex marriages in Virginia is the result of the ruling made last week by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals that the court would not place a […]