February 2, 2017
You may know that you and your spouse must live separately for a period of time (either six months or a year, depending on the circumstances) before you qualify for a no-fault divorce in Virginia. But must you and your spouse live in separate households before or during a pending divorce to ...
January 27, 2017
It sometimes seems that nearly every government employee or military officer working in Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, and/or Loudoun Counties has some form of top secret security clearance. As a result, I am often asked “will my divorce affect my employment” or, more commonly, “co...
January 19, 2017
Everyone has heard the horror stories of divorce. Perhaps you have a friend who had to liquidate a child’s college fund to pay for his attorney. Another spent the better part of two years battling over custody of a young child. Yet another got an unfair decision from a “bad” judge. The s...
January 11, 2017
In anticipation of a divorce, most attorneys will advise their clients to gather financial documents and make a detailed list of their assets. Attorneys may even advise a client to secure up to 50% of the couple’s liquid assets (e.g., transferring money from a joint account to an individ...
December 14, 2016
One of the biggest dilemmas that both family law attorneys and parents face in custody cases is whether a child should testify in the custody trial. Some parents want to shield their child from the court process regardless of the circumstances, while others want to give their child a voice ...
October 19, 2015
Are you sure you’re married? How could you not know if you’re married? Excellent question. I’ll tell you how: In the recent Court of Appeals of Virginia case MacDougall v. Levick/Levick v. MacDougall, a man and woman (notice how they aren’t referred to as husband and wife) ha...
January 29, 2015
International travel with children can be a hotly contested issue in divorce or custody cases, and even more so in our extremely transient, diverse, and well-traveled Northern Virginia population. Many times, parties are able to work out mutually agreeable terms regarding international trave...
October 4, 2012
We recently announced and celebrated the opening of our firm in Fairfax, VA and are pleased to share the news release here: October 4, 2012 (Fairfax, VA) – Family law firm, Curran | Moher, P.C., recently celebrated its opening in Fairfax, Virginia. The firm was founded in August of this...