​​As Parents Work advocates based the work of parenting that you have done and will do in the future, it is useful for to you come to the initial intake having thought about what work you have performed in the past and would be well-suited to perform in the future.

   Care-giving:

Were you in charge of:

Preparing meals?

Providing clothing/doing laundry/dressing/bathing child(ren)?

Changing diapers?

Scheduling and/or attending doctor and dentist appointments?

Playing with/amusing child(ren)?

    Teaching Life Skills:

Were you in charge of:

Potty training?

Teaching to walk?

Teaching to talk?

Teaching letters and number?

Table manners?

Teaching to cook or do laundry?

Driving?

Other?

   Intellectual development:

Were you in charge of:

Helping with homework?

Attending school events (parent teacher conferences, ceremonies, etc.)?

Participating in children’s activities?

Other?

Some of the high-end lawyers in town refer any person who cannot afford their services to Parents Work.  Unless you’ve been actively involved with some or all of the above aspects of parenting and want to argue your case based on your involvement with parenting, Parents Work will not represent you in contested litigation.  Therefore, if your primary problem involves active litigation that does not directly impact parenting (i.e., child or spousal support or divorce with no minor children), please let me know that in the initial call and I’ll refer you to someone else.  

CORE AND FOUNDING PRINCIPLE:  The founding principle of Parents Work is that the day to day efforts that parents put into raising their children are the most important work of any society.   Accordingly, in Virginia we will always take the position that the ten factors that judges are required to consider under Virginia law in child custody and visitation cases should not all be given the same weight.  Parents Work will always argue that judges should give the greatest consideration to factor number three: the relationship existing between each parent and each child, giving due consideration to the positive involvement with the child's life, the ability to accurately assess and meet the emotional, intellectual and physical needs of the child; and factor number five: the role that each parent has played and will play in the future, in the upbringing and care of the child.

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