Are reimbursements for child medical care required?
Wondering if you’re legally required to pay for your child’s unpaid medical expenses? This article explains how Virginia law handles reimbursements for child care, what qualifies as necessary, and how courts divide the cost between parents.
Pet Custody in Divorce: What Happens to Your Pet in Virginia?
Pet custody in divorce can be emotionally challenging. Discover how Virginia law treats pets during separation and what steps you can take to ensure your beloved companion stays with you.
What is a Parenting Capacity Evaluation? | Custody Law Explained
A parenting capacity evaluation helps courts assess a parent’s ability to care for their child. At Waltrip & Campbell, PC, our experienced attorneys guide you through every step of the process to protect your parental rights.
Juvenile Competency to Stand Trial: When Is a Child with Mental Illness Considered Fit for Court?
Understand the laws and procedures around juvenile competency to stand trial in Virginia. Learn how mental illness impacts a child’s ability to face trial and explore legal options with our Trusted Williamsburg Attorneys.
The Child Witness: Understanding Child Witness Competency to Testify
Explore the legal standards that determine child witness competency to testify in Virginia criminal cases. Brandon Waltrip outlines key cases and court procedures.
FAQ: Child Custody & Visitation
Navigating a child custody dispute in Virginia? Learn about legal rights, visitation rules, mediation, sole custody, and how courts decide what’s best for your child.
Can my Child Be Tried as an Adult?
When a child is charged with a serious crime a parent’s first thought is usually whether or not their child can, or will be treated as an adult. Having represented juveniles in crimes ranging from simple possession of alcohol to robbery, malicious wounding, and even rape, it is a serious question to consider if your […]
4 Phases of an Uncontested Divorce
Uncontested divorce is a unique area of the law. Unlike other civil suits there is a timeline and phases, which can either make the case move forward quite quickly, or when not handled properly, extremely slow. I have often been asked by clients during an uncontested divorce “when will this be over?” This is a […]
Client Wins Child Custody Dispute
After three years, the non-custodial parent, and client of Waltrip & Campbell, PC won primary physical custody in a full day child custody trial in the Williamsburg James-City County Circuit Court. The client was represented by Brandon C. Waltrip, Esq. who specializes in child custody matters. This particular client had been fighting to re-gain custody […]
Is An Uncontested Divorce Right for Me?
A common question potential clients often struggle with is whether or not an uncontested divorce is right for them. The question is really less about assets, then about your approach to the divorce process. In this blog I examine what are the real issues behind whether an uncontested divorce is right for clients. 1. I […]