Colonial Williamsburg’s Governor’s Palace is a grand layer cake. Its two ceremonial stories are topped by a dormered attic, then a widow’s walk, and then a two-tiered cupola. All of that garnish is topped by a finial, a masterful metallic flourish. A finial is an end, a final topmost point on a building. A traditional Williamsburg pineapple finial is a ...
Since 2004 folks have turned to Indeed to find jobs and employees. Want to become a lawyer? The average base salary for attorneys is $98,822 nationwide, claims Indeed1. Is that how much your Virginia divorce lawyer will make in a year? Probably not. As a potential client, you want to know what you will pay. Legal services, however, are not ...
Not much is left of Basic City, Virginia. It was whole and happy for only around 34 years before being consolidated with its neighbor in 1924. Basically, the town was a wild-and-wooly alternative to dry, conservative Waynesboro. At least while it lasted. Being basic wasn’t enough for Basic City, just as a basic separation agreement may not be enough for ...
Inside the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, you can gawk at an SR-71 Blackbird, a spy plane that redefined “fast.” Imagine going from California to Virginia in just over an hour. But can you get an uncontested divorce in Virginia that fast? Not quite, but you can do some things to zip through the process. Jump to a ...
Dunnington Mansion is what real estate agents would call “charming.” The abandoned mansion, in Farmville, Virginia, is still beloved enough to have its own foundation (the charitable kind; we assume it already has the stone kind). But it does need a bit of work. It requires the kind of sweat equity you would also put into your own DIY quick ...
If you remember nothing else about Virginia law, remember this: uncontested is not the same as pleading no contest. If you find yourself having to plead no contest, you are amid criminal proceedings, and you are on the losing side. If you and your departing spouse pursue an uncontested divorce, you both may end up on the winning side. Jump ...
ActressGeena Davis spent 17 years married to Dr. Reza Jarrahy and another five years divorcing him. The Hollywood couple’s divorce was not amicable or cheap. The couple apparently spent more than $1 million on legal fees. Could the divorce have unfolded more smoothly, even when Dr. Jarrahy did not want to leave the “Thelma & Louise” star? Jump to a ...
You and your spouse are seeking a divorce. Your friends encourage you to take your spouse for all she’s worth: “Hire a lawyer with fangs and claws!” Your extended family just wants everything behind you: “Walk away! Just roll over!” But what does your lawyer say? Experienced family law attorneys will often suggest you and your departing spouse settle out ...
“Never interfere with your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte may or may not have said it. But the concept is sound, no matter who said it or when. What happens, though, when you are your own worst enemy? Hoping to snag a “quick divorce” in Virginia, you can often stand in your own way. Jump to ...