Charlottesville Divorce Lawyer Rob Hagy

How Will Divorce Affect My Social Security Benefits?

Please read this informative article I found in the L.A. Times about the impact of divorce on social security benefits.

-Rob Hagy, Charlottesville Divorce Lawyer.

Celebrity Robin Williams Will Speak About His Collaborative Divorce.

Actor and comedian Robin Williams has agreed to be interviewed by his lawyer who assisted him during his most recent divorce, one resolved using the collaborative divorce process.  The interview will be played for the first time at The California State Bar Family Law Consentual Dispute Resolution South Committee's program at Pepperdine Law School on April 21, 2012.

-Rob Hagy, Charlottesville Divorce Lawyer.

iPhone App Produces Evidence of Adultery.

I found this interesting article today on abcnews.com.  When Apple released its new iOS 5 operating system to go with its iPhone 4S, it contained a new app called "Find My Friends".  "Find My Friends" permits users to track and meet up with friends by showing their location on a map on your smart phone screen.  Apparently, this application permits husbands or wives to track the whereabouts of their husbands and wives and compare that to his or her stated whereabouts as demonstrated in the forum exchange detailed in this article.  As a Charlottesville Divorce Lawyer, I am always looking for a way to gain an edge and where used appropriately and legally I can see this application being of great use as an evidentiary and investigative tool in divorce cases.  In fact, I have already had a client use it to extract an admission of adultery from a spouse.

The American Psychological Association Releases First Ever Guidelines for the Practice of Parenting Coordination.

Family law attorneys report mixed experiences with "Parent Coordinators".  Some find it to be an effective - method for dispute resolution. Others have found that their client's case was commandeered by a parent coordinator who pressed to modify the court's order or invoked unilateral changes to the custody/visitation arrangement rather than simply helping the parties find effective ways of working within the framework of the existing custody and visitation order.  On 8/22/11, the American Psychological Association released its first-ever Guidelines for the Practice of Parenting Coordination.  While this may help attorneys monitor parent coordinators, it is important to remember that "guidelines" are not necessarily the equivalent of "standards" nor are they rules, regulations or requirements.  The American Psychological Association is a professional organization with voluntary membership and no regulatory authority.  Its guidelines, ethical canons and code of conduct apply only to its members.  A good Charlottesville Child Custody Attorney will know how to use these guidelines to his or her clients advantage when dealing with parent coordinators who might be improperly expanding his or her role.