Personal Injury Settlements and Divorce in Virginia
What would you do with nearly $50 million? A young Virginian found out in 2022 after sustaining major injuries in a 2019 motor vehicle collision. The ...
Equitable Distribution
This article is a part of our Family Law 101 series. Jump to a Section Equitable Distribution Definition Equitable Distribution Laws in Virginia Equitable Distribution Definition ...
Marital Separation in Virginia
This article is a part of our Family Law 101 series. Jump to a Section Separation Definition How to Separate Legally The Code of Virginia & ...
Divorce in Virginia: Who Gets the House?
Inside Rivers Casino Portsmouth you can hear two very different phrases about houses: “bet the house” and “play against the house.” We do not advise you ...
Is Virginia a Community Property State?
The chasm between what the general public “knows” about law and what the law actually says is sometimes wider than the Grand Canyon of the South1. ...
How is a 401(k) Divided in Divorce?
You don’t think of the IRS as being a social influencer, but one of its creations has definitely gone viral: the 401(k), whose name comes directly ...
DIY Separation Agreements: Getting a Cheap, Quick Separation Agreement in Virginia
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 ...
Do I Have to Provide a Statement of Net Worth in Divorce?
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 ...
Divorce & Social Security Benefits: Does My Spouse Get Half?
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 ...