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Does Adultery Still Matter?
10/30/2014 4:52:50 PM
Description:   As a practicing lawyer, specializing in family law, it should come as no surprise that in a very high proportion of my cases there is marital infidelity.  Clients invariably think this is the most important aspect of their cases, and I


Does Adultery Still Matter?
10/30/2014 4:51:36 PM
Description:   As a practicing lawyer, specializing in family law, it should come as no surprise that in a very high proportion of my cases there is marital infidelity.  Clients invariably think this is the most important aspect of their cases, and I


Does Adultery Still Matter?
10/30/2014 4:51:01 PM
Description:   As a practicing lawyer, specializing in family law, it should come as no surprise that in a very high proportion of my cases there is marital infidelity.  Clients invariably think this is the most important aspect of their cases, and I


Does Adultery Still Matter?
10/30/2014 4:50:17 PM
Description:   As a practicing lawyer, specializing in family law, it should come as no surprise that in a very high proportion of my cases there is marital infidelity.  Clients invariably think this is the most important aspect of their cases, and I


Equitable Distribution in Virginia…Step #1…What’s “Marital” Property?
4/14/2014 10:46:20 AM
Description: In a prior post (Financial Documents to Collect…), we provided a pretty complete list of the kinds of documents you will want to collect prior to meeting with counsel or prior to your first mediation session. This should give you a great view


The Reality of Divorce
1/14/2013 3:52:07 PM
Description: Family law attorney Rachel L. Virk is the author of The Four Ways of Divorce.  She has  been a practicing family law litigator since 1990, a certified mediator since  2001, and a trained collaborative law practitioner since


Divorce, Child Custody, and Equitable Distribution Mediation.
12/4/2012 1:56:35 PM
Description:   In October of 1995 the North Carolina Legislature enacted N.C. General Statute 7A-38.2 which established the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commision. Then purpose of this statute is to establish training standards and to certify and


A Guardian Ad Litem‘s Involvement in the Family Mediation Process
11/26/2012 1:36:44 PM
Description: The job of an ad litem whether a guardian or attorney ad litem is not only challenging and rewarding it can have a long lasting effect on the children or party we are appointed to represent.   A guardian ad litem and attorney ad litem are


How to neutralize the effects of fear
10/26/2012 1:20:33 PM
Description:   The previous blogs in this series talked about both the negative and positive aspects of fear. In Part III, let’s take a look at the different fears outlined in Part I and think about how we can start making constructive decisions


Does Adultery Still Matter?
8/30/2012 4:40:44 PM
Description:   As a practicing lawyer, specializing in family law, it should come as no surprise that in a very high proportion of my cases there is marital infidelity.  Clients invariably think this is the most important aspect of their cases, and I