Requesting Changes in Child Support Modifications
Getting a child support modification can be difficult, but the family law attorneys at Surovell Isaacs & Levy PLC can simplify the process of requesting those changes. We understand that ...
What is Parental Alienation and How Can You Fight It?
Divorce can be extremely difficult but even more so when children are involved. Parents are often concerned with how their children will cope with the major life change and how ...
The Difference between Alimony and Child Support
When a couple is going through a divorce case in Virginia, there are two different financial awards that a judge can order one spouse to pay to the other. These ...
5 Benefits to Creating a Special Needs Trust
When a loved one has special needs, it can be extremely important to be able to provide income for them without adversely impacting their benefits. This is where a special ...
Mental Health Issues and Parental Rights in VA
While once taboo, mental health and the issues that may afflict it are now openly discussed more than ever. As a result, the struggles that most faced in private, have ...
What Should You Do When Snow Impacts Your Custodial Exchange?
With varying schedules and often a bit of resentment, establishing the custody of a child can often prove difficult for co-parents. But even after custody has finally been agreed upon, ...
Documenting Your Separation
When a couple separates, it’s rarely a simple break. Even if divorce is not immediately on the horizon, the choices made during separation can affect property rights, finances, and parenting ...
Calculating Child Support in Virginia
Each state has its own processes, usually a formula, for calculating child support. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, this formula is governed by Virginia Code § 20-108.2. The most important ...
New 2020 Laws in Virginia Domestic Relations
Here in Virginia, we have a part-time legislature that meets to consider and pass laws, typically, for just one thirty-to-sixty-day session per year. Part of our job as attorneys is ...
Will I continue to receive spousal support or child support payments if my spouse dies?
In the vast majority of circumstances, when a party paying child support and/or spousal support dies, those payments end with the payor’s death. Thus, if you are receiving support, it ...