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Pop culture depictions like “The Brady Bunch” and “Yours, Mine, and Ours” paint a rosy picture of blended families. Sure, there’s the occasional comedic predicament, but in the movies and TV, everyone settles into one big, happy, family. Blending two families can… Read More

If you have ever been on a job interview for a job that you really wanted, you understand the anxiety of sitting in front of someone who holds your future in their hands. You want desperately to do and say the right… Read More

Even the most amicable family law matters are emotional and stressful for those involved. The most emotionally difficult cases often involve issues that have to do with the children, like child custody and parenting time. Many parents are able to negotiate responsibility… Read More

If you are a parent of a minor child, it’s likely that the issues in your family law case that are most challenging are those that have to do with the well-being of your child, like child custody. In a contested custody… Read More

“Bird’s nest custody,” also called “birdnesting” or “nesting,” is an attempt to solve an enduring problem in divorces and child custody cases involving minor children. One of the primary concerns divorcing parents have is the disruption that the divorce will cause in… Read More

As most grandparents, step-parents, and aunts and uncles know, you do not have to be a child’s legal parent to have a deep, meaningful bond with the child. But if you are not a legal or biological parent, do you have any… Read More

Child custody cases in Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia are decided based on the best interest of the child. The factors on which a court evaluates a child’s best interest may vary somewhat from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. However, allegations of abuse… Read More

When parents no longer live together, joint physical custody is often the best arrangement for parenting. Joint physical custody means that the children have a home with each parent, and that neither parent is just a “visitor” in their children’s lives. But… Read More