Economists will tell you that a person can have good debt and bad debt. Mortgage? Good debt. Credit cards? Bad debt. In a Virginia divorce, all debt is bad. Divorce does not allow you an escape clause from debt, so just as the two of you will split up assets, you will split up obligations, as well. Yes, Virginia, There ...
Suzanne Collins’ three books, The Hunger Games, take place in a future time, in a future country called Panem—Latin for bread, as in bread and circuses. When leaders give the public bread and circuses, their public will happily approve of all the leaders do, right or wrong. Your separation and divorce is not a blood sport, but if you do ...
Whereas Virginia law allows divorce, it does so under two basic constructs: “fault grounds,” and “no fault grounds,” as established by Code of Virginia Title 20 Chapter 6 Subsection 20-911. Notice how we started with that fancy whereas, which the state of Virginia buys wholesale, by the pound, because it sprinkles the word profusely throughout its various documents and decrees. If ...
To speak plainly, the main reason Virginians want to avoid going to court to get a divorce is because of the cost. We get that; we realize attorneys’ time and court fees can add up. The great state of Virginia gets it, too, and provides plenty of free or low-cost advice. Please notice, though, every site, every document and every ...
Almost nobody plays the board game Monopoly by its official rules. Part of the reason: the real game seems to never end. The world record for the longest Monopoly game1 is 70 straight days, says Hasbro, the game’s manufacturer. Divorce may seem like that, too: it seems like it never ends. Yet keeping in touch with your divorce lawyer after ...
Divorce is never easy, and matters can become even more complicated when your estranged wife doesn't consent to the divorce itself. It's not uncommon for one party or another to disagree with the divorce and even contest the grounds for the divorce itself, but what do you do when your wife refuses a divorce entirely? Let's take a look at ...
Luna and Oliver may be invited to sleep on your bed each night, but since they are cats, they are just so much property. In the eyes of the law, Luna and Oliver (the most popular cat names, says Rover.com1) are the same as your love seat, flat-screen TV, or recreational vehicle. Who gets Oliver and who claims (or—if you ...
An old saying goes, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” The same is true with paying for a divorce: if you think getting divorced is expensive, consider how much higher the cost—emotionally, mentally and financially—of staying together might be. Some people are just not suited for each other, and if you have children in the relationship, you can ...
Hêphaistos was bitter and angry, and that was even before hearing the bad news about his wife, Aphrodite. She was getting down with—of all people—Hêphaistos’ brother, Ares. Not only was she an adulteress, she also gave birth to several children by Ares, all while married to sad, overstressed Hêphaistos. So Hêphaistos—probably more familiar to most people under his Latinized name, Hephaestus—divorced her. ...