Divorce Law

"Virginia Child Custody" is a legal term used to qualify the relationship the child or children has between the parents in the state of Virginia. A determination of child custodyin Virginia will resolve issues such as which parent will the child or children spend the majority of time with or will the parents equally share their time with the child or children. Also, a determination of child custody may have an impact on child support payments and a determination of who are the payer and the payee.

The courts in Virginia will frequently use the term "best interests of the child" in making a determination as to child custody. The factors that determine best interests of the child is codified in Virginia state law and case law.  Although the courts in Virginia will generally consider all the factors in a child custody determination, some factors will be given more weight than others.

Child Custody battles in Virginia is one of the low points of any divorce.  Determining child custody and visitation in Virginia is very difficult matter for the Virginia courts. In deciding which parent (or both) get's custody, the court takes into account a multitude of factors.

The standard every court in Virginia uses to determine child custody is: "The child's best interests."

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The Virginia child custody attorneys of SRIS P.C. recognize a client may be too busy to make a call, but are able to send an email from their computer or PDA. Our Virginia child custody attorneys regularly check our emails and respond to our child custody clients queries via email. The child custody attorneys in our Virginia offices are diligent in their efforts to communicate promptly with our clients and are proud of our dedication to our child custody clients.