A whole new raft of laws1 took effect in Virginia July 1, 2017. Included among them: the all-important Blaze Pink law. The law allows hunters to wear blaze pink instead of blaze orange hunting apparel during hunting season. Also enacted was HB 2289, compelling a person paying spousal support to continue life insurance naming the supported spouse as beneficiary. It is one of four ...
The world record for the most people performing a headstand simultaneously is 648, say the folks at Guinness World Records1. Around our offices, we like that record, because we tend to turn the tables on a lot of Virginia custom in our pursuit of legal fairness and equity. For example, though too few Virginia men are custodial parents, those who ...
Schoolyard taunts: I know you are, but what am I? Oh yeah? Make me! Most of us grew up hearing these, either directed at us or spoken by us. Sometimes we enlisted a bigger friend or older sibling to bail us out: Touch me and my big brother will cream your corn. We (mostly) grow out of these disputes. The ...
The end of World War II saw an abrupt spike in the rate of marriages in America, says a report from The Washington Post1. The same year saw a spike, too, in the number of divorces. The post-WW II divorce rate was nearly five in 1,000 people, an astoundingly high figure. Still, marriage rates far outpaced divorce rates, as they ...
Virginia’s courts, at all levels, have packed calendars. They encourage disputing parties to avail themselves of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), which can mean mediation for all types of legal snags, including child support and child custody. Right at Virginia’s mediation website it says, and we quote, “In Virginia the mediation process is voluntary and confidential.” So, does that mean ...
Divorce in Virginia can take many months, or even more than a year. First comes separation, which itself must be six months (no kids) or a year (with kids), and then the divorce itself. During that time, are you supposed to essentially freeze all your activities? Stop shopping, pay cash for everything, live with an old clunker — what are ...
Sixteen words. Just sixteen words amended to the U.S. Constitution set out the conditions for religious freedom in America. These are the beginning words of the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”1 You are free to choose a religion or not, as you wish, without government interference. Since ...
Virginia is one of the wealthiest states in America, according to U.S. News & World Report1. With median annual income of $66,262, the state enjoys a prime perch among the Top 10, at #8. Median income is far more important a measure than average income, since it represents the exact middle of earners; half earn less, half earn more. Many ...
“Man was sort of evoluted. From the Old World Monkeys.” So says Howard Blair, child on the witness stand, in the play Inherit the Wind. The play gave way to a fine movie, but it is still produced as a play and audiences still get to see a little child on a witness stand. The sight is unsettling; children are ...