Virginia Beach’s award from the Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s longest stretch of pleasure beach (at 38 miles) deserves to be publicly trumpeted. Other records in the Commonwealth may also be public but really are better left alone, like divorce records and other legal proceedings. Jump to a Section Are Divorce Records Public in Virginia? Where is ...
Virginia resident Derek Malevich epitomizes vicousness in a relationship, capping a self-described habit of treating his girlfriend with “particular cruelty” by murdering her. Fortunately for the Commonwealth, Malevich lived in Virginia, Minnesota, not our state. Cruelty need not be so extreme to be proven in a divorce case in the Old Dominion. Jump to a Section Divorce for Cruelty in ...
Apps update. Fashions update constantly (which means the pandemic pajamas have gotta go). When you move, you update companies, relatives, neighbors, and organizations with your new address. But what about a divorce? What kinds of things should you update after your Virginia divorce? Jump to a Section Credit Issuers, Utilities & Insurance Property, Estate Plan & Legal Documents Kids' Medical ...
You are free, free, free! After divorce, embrace that heady feeling of being on your own again. You’re free to set your own schedule, free to eat what you want, free to go where you like. Don’t worry about getting too cocky. Real life will intrude. The car loan must be paid, rent or mortgage is due every month, and ...
Iurisperiti et eorum lingua Latina! Lawyers and their Latin—where you might say “cut that out,” lawyers will assert an estoppel. We could give a dozen examples but check out “pendente lite” orders. Uh, that would be temporary orders in divorce, child custody, and parent visitation, thankyouverymuch. Jump to a Section Why a Temporary Order? What Does a Temporary Order Do? ...
The American economy is a bit like Schrödinger’s famous cat, simultaneously in a recession and not in a recession. The answer depends on your source, with Forbes saying we have been in a recession since the summer of 2022 and Bloomberg saying no, we dodged that label. Still, economic uncertainty can cast a cloud on a marriage, with both spouses ...
Running away from home in Virginia is two things: a rite of passage for children and a perfectly legal act. As the City of Virginia Beach explains on their Runaway Children web page, the police do not investigate a runaway teen as a criminal. That may be small comfort when your teenager shows up at your doorstep when you are ...
We have all witnessed the tawdry spectacle of brutal, nasty, embarrassing Hollywood divorces like Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, or Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Yet even the most benign, quiet Virginia divorce can have its ugly moments. Rather than reveal any weird personal habits, both parties must provide financial disclosures. Jump to a Section Financial Disclosures in Virginia Divorce ...
The lowest possible Social Security number, 001-01-0001, went to a woman named Grace D. Owen, of Concord, New Hampshire. At least, that’s according to the Social Security Administration itself, but the symbolic number was a bit of a hot potato. It wasn’t even the first number issued. Social Security has a lot of weirdness to it, especially as it pertains ...