Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

My wife and I are seperating and we have a home that is paid for in NC

where the marriage took place in 2000 however we have lived together

for 11 years and have 3 children. She took out a fictious DOV in NC

and had me thrown out of my home, where I have lived for 9 years, and I

was forced to move to VA where my family is located to survive. She

wants cutody of the kids and the house in a consent judgement. And she

wants child support. I feel like I am getting screwed... is there any

thing my attorney can do, it seems like he is working for her? I have

supported my family for years, and I have an order from a previous

marriage for $279 for a son I adopted. I am tired of getting the short

straw. Will she get the house if I do not sign the consent. We go

back to court Aug 26 and the attorneys are working out a consent, but

the DOV has been continued twice now. What should I do and can I seek

monetary judgement for this? I have been laid off since Nov 2008 and

was proactive in changing careers so I could find work. I took and

passed a Phlebotomy course in NC and now I work part time in VA but I

barely make it on $9.00 per hour I get around 50 hrs every two wks. She paid off this home with money she recieved from her mother, from a law suit where her brother was killed. This happened five years ago, but like I said up until Nov 2008 I have always worked and paid whatever needed paid she did not start working until our youngest daughter was in school. I have to drive for 3.5 hrs to pick my kids up and take them back 2 days latter which is killing me financially and is totally unfair. Can you advise?

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