In a Virginia divorce, you may be accused of being at fault, or responsible for the divorce. You and your highly skilled family law attorney can fight charges of being at fault through affirmative defenses. Five typical affirmative defenses in divorce cases are condonation, insanity, collusion, recrimination, and connivance. Let's take a closer look at each. Condonation Under Virginia Code § 20-91, ...
The official ball point pen of the U.S. Government is the Skilcraft®, the result of a 16-page federal specifications document. Yup, the federal government cranked out 16 pages of excruciating detail for a pen. Does it surprise anyone, then, that subtleties exist in the law that make terms like uncontested divorce different from no-fault divorce? We are here to clarify ...
On the University of Colorado's campus sits Temporary Building No. 1, built in 1898. It is still in use. Most temporary things, like temporary agreements in divorce or other family law matters, are not meant to last 121 years. Beware, though; even a temporary agreement can have long-lasting consequences. Temporary Agreements in Divorce Temporary agreements can work in many areas ...
Virginians sure have some peculiar ideas about how life works. For example, say a man wanted to attack his wife and a man with a knife. Where is the worst possible place to commit such an awful crime? How about outside a courthouse? You know, like a big government building overflowing with police officers. The Virginian-Pilot reports that a Chesapeake man with poor decision-making ...
Real estate financing markets roil with the slightest hint of news. Recently, even amid a strong economy, as reported in the Washington Post “the 30-year fixed-rate average [for mortgages] shot up to 3.73 percent.”1 This happened because the Federal Reserve nudged its rate higher. You may not be a financial wizard, but if you are divorcing in Virginia, you face ...
If you signed a separation agreement under duress, you don’t want to miss this. If you’re unsure what "duress" means, just ask Jared and Lindsay Rowley, who entered into an oral contract with Jesse Dimmick not to turn him over to the police. According to the American Bar Association, Dimmick and the Rowleys sealed their oral agreement upon the event of Dimmick ...
You do not have to be a rocket scientist to launch yourself in a rocket. Mike Hughes showed that when he launched himself 1,875 feet upward, only to land hard in the Mojave Desert1. Of course, he got hurt doing it, which suggests that getting help from experts — like from NASA, let's say — is often useful. We mention this because, ...
Divorce of any kind can be a gut-wrenching experience. Military divorces take the normal stress and amplify it, making military divorce more complicated and messier than civilian divorce. One reason? Federal benefits, such as the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP), often accrue to both military member and spouse. Disentangling SBP after divorce adds a layer of complexity to a Virginia divorce. What is ...
Which lasts longer, the anger you feel during a contentious divorce, or the damage done to your family? When laid out in stark terms, the price of a family feud during a divorce becomes clear: your future relationships with children, extended family, and the mother of your children. The Unintentional Injury to Children of Divorce The American Association for Marriage ...