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The breakup of a marriage or a bitter dispute over custody is a traumatic experience. Knowing your legal rights and obligations can ease pressure and restore confidence. With Knight & Stough, you will find two attorneys who recognize when to negotiate and when to litigate, always with an aggressive approach for our clients' concerns. 
Our divorce lawyers also assist clients in several other areas, including creating exit strategies for marriage, pre-litigation management, and fathers’ rights, among others. Organization and advanced planning is crucial for a successful future. Your future is important to us. Let us help you plan for it in a variety of ways.
- We understand the amount of paperwork that comes with filing for divorce. Many times, it seems like it is written in a foreign language. Let us help you decipher the “legalese” so you have a full understanding of exactly what is going on.
- Our attorneys can also assist you in the creation of a separation agreement. This is a document that details matters such as custody, child support and spousal support, and division of assets. In some cases, a separation agreement is drawn up while a divorce is being pursued. In other cases, a separation agreement may be composed to stand on its own, without a divorce to follow.
Custody & Visitation
Custody and visitation disagreements can be traumatizing to all members of a family, especially the children involved. At the law firm of Knight & Stough, LLP, we let our previous experiences and careers aid in minimizing the amount of trauma experienced by your entire family.
- Contrary to popular belief, custody is not always awarded to the mother rather than the father. At Knight & Stough, LLP, we are strong advocates for father’s rights. Our lawyers are advocates for the rights of all parents who have the desire and the ability to have custody of their child.
- If you think a custody battle is going to get particularly ugly, we can help you before the actual struggle even begins. We can help give you specific instructions on how to gain custody of your child. This can also be known as pre-litigation management. Let us provide you with information to assist you on the road to custody.
- Even if you do not have primary custody, you are entitled to visitation with your child. We can help draw up the visitation paperwork to ensure that you have liberal access to your child.
- We also deal with any jurisdictional issues that may arise regarding custody and visitation. This means that we can discuss with you the specifics on gaining and retaining custody of your child in a particular geographic area of the country. If you are not a resident of Virginia but your child lives in Virginia, we can ensure that your rights to your child will be upheld. We also help with parents who have relocation issues.
- Both of our attorneys serve as court appointed guardians ad litems for both children and adults who are not capable of speaking for themselves.
- Both attorneys are conciliators in the Prince William Juvenile Detention Conciliation Program.
Support
Child support and spousal support are vital to the well being of many families. At the office of Knight & Stough, LLP, our lawyers represent many individuals who are seeking child and/or spousal support. We have many years of experience in seeking these types of orders and you can rely on our knowledge to assist you in seeking support.
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are many expenses associated with children: food, clothing,
shelter, among others.
Single parents may depend on child support payments to provide for their children.
- The same is true for spousal support, otherwise known as alimony.
If there is a court order requiring your spouse to pay you support,
he or she must pay it. Conversely, if you believe your spouse
does not need spousal support we can assist you. Let us help
you get the support you deserve so you can get on with your
life.
If you are seeking an order for child or spousal support, we can help. Contact us for experienced, dedicated, compassionate attorneys who will help you get the money that is rightfully yours. No one should have to see their children suffer, or suffer themselves, just because the other parent or spouse may not be paying to support the family. |
