Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a psychological disorder which includes traits like a lack of empathy for others, an inflated sense of self, and a deep need for admiration and attention. Divorcing is difficult enough, but a narcissist can make a difficult process even more contentious and troublesome. This is because the narcissist will likely create more blame and problems …
Child custody is one of the most contentious issues in a divorce. In most cases, both parents would want to get custody of their child. However, when determining custody, the court will always base their decision on the child’s best interests. Even when one parent is granted full custody, the other parent will most likely be given enough time to …
Veterans going through a divorce may be concerned about losing a portion of their disability pay to child support, alimony payments, and/or property division. For any veteran who’s in the process of getting a divorce, hiring a knowledgeable and experienced military divorce lawyer is crucial. They will need help understanding what’s at stake, and to make sure assets are fairly …
For Immediate Release The National Trial Lawyers is pleased to announce that Nora Misenti of Holcomb Law, PC has been selected for inclusion into its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in Virginia, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their superior skills and qualifications in the field. Membership in this exclusive organization is by invitation …
Let’s talk about estate planning. You’ve made the decision to get a Will drafted, or perhaps something in your situation has changed which now requires you to update your Will. You think maybe it’ll be easier to draft one on your own or maybe you should look online to have one filled in for you. We are living in an …
My name is Stephen Jones, and I am an associate attorney here at Holcomb Law. Relocation custody cases are not uncommon. A parent’s decision to relocate can be for any number of reasons, but essentially you find yourself on one or two sides. Either you are the parent who wants to relocate and take the child, or you are …
My name is Nora Misenti. I’m an attorney here at Holcomb Law. And a question has been asked as to whether or not grandparents have rights to visitation with their grandchildren? There are no automatic grandparent’s visitation rights in Virginia. Grandparents are however persons with legitimate interest. What that means is a grandparent has a right to file a …
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about how you can file for divorce and how you can start a divorce, and one thing that you really need to know and remember is that there’s a condition precedent before you can file for divorce that needs to be [inaudible 00:00:17]. One of you, meaning one spouse, needs to have …
This is Nora Misenti, I’m an attorney at Holcomb Law, and a question’s been asked about how Virginia divides up marital property, what’s considered marital property, is Virginia a community property state. Virginia is not a community property state. That means that there’s no automatic 50/50 split when you’re getting divorced and you’re trying to figure out what to …
Hello. I’m Carter Allen lead attorney here at Holcomb Law. Today. I’m going to give you some of the basics of military divorce in Virginia. As you might expect, many of our military members serving and based here in the Old Dominion have come here from other states or even other countries. The requirements of military service put an …