I have been served a show cause for child support...what do i do?

The show cause order most likely has some language to the effect that the court orders you to appear at a certain court on a certain day at a...

How much of my husbands wage can she ask for for their child

Va. Code § 20-108.2 and § 20-108.1 are where you need to look. In determining child support, the court must first calculate the guideline amount...

I rented my house to my sister her lease is no longer she is month to month,do i have to give her notice nhow long

"A. The landlord or the tenant may terminate a week-to-week tenancy by serving a written notice on the other at least seven days prior to the next...

Child support payments as they become due and unpaid create judgments by operation of law. Also note that they accrue interest until paid. There...

Can they give the farther a week with him then a week with me when I'm breastfeeding a newborn

Matters of custody and visitation are decided by considering the "best interests of the child" factors at Va. Code 20-124.3. If you look through...

My wife wants a divorce, I have family in SC, and that is where I want to go. Can I take our daughter with me?

My experience has not been so dire as my colleague's who answered before me. In recent years, I have four cases that come to mind on the issue...

I want to change my legal name slightly. How expensive would it be, and how/where do I start? (Thanks in advance!)

It is a fairly simple process. File a petition and order, wait a couple weeks. The link below provides the information. There is a $41 or so...

Lived together for 7 years, never married. We broke up. Can I file a partition for personal property we obtained together?

It can be done. The link below goes to the statute. However, spending thousands of dollars on attorneys' fees to recover hundreds of dollars of...

Can my daughter 19 protest an SGLI claim. her stepmother is the beneficiary but will not give my daughter anything.

SGLI as an insurance policy is in the nature of a contract. SGLI will pay in accordance with the beneficiary designation, probably on the form SGLV...

Child Support

The short answer to your questions is "yes." "There shall be a rebuttable presumption in any judicial or administrative proceeding for child...