Collegiate sports conferences attract a lot of fans, many advertisers, and real zeal around college stadiums, gymnasiums and courts. Sports conferences can be huge, as with the 15 powerhouses in the NCAA Atlantic Coast Conference, including our own mighty University of Virginia. Then again, some conferences are very, very small. Witness the Intercollegiate Fencing Conference of Southern California, which comprises a paper-thin seven ...
The movie National Treasure hinges at one moment on the protagonist, Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicholas Cage), who steals the Declaration of Independence. That is something you just don't do. Some documents, like the Declaration, are so rare, so special, they cannot be trifled with. Is your separation agreement one of those documents? Separation Agreements Aren’t Just Pieces of Paper A Virginia ...
Irish author James Joyce wrote, "What's yours is mine and what's mine is my own." He was not the clearest writer. He also wrote, for example, “Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.” That line about mine and yours is clear enough, though, and rings true to many a Virginia man facing the depletion of a bank account by a soon-to-be ...
He was an unusual political candidate, Lee Carter was. While running for the House of Delegates in 2017, he admitted to, among other things according to the Chicago Sun-Times1, having explicit photos of himself on the internet, being unable to hold a job, and proceeding through his third divorce. Instead of hiding his dirty laundry, he advertised it, a highly unusual move. ...
The overturned trash hauler sprawled across four lanes of traffic in Colonial Heights, VA (south of Richmond). Waste and garbage was everywhere; traffic was at a standstill. Imagine for an instant if that tractor-trailer had been hauling everything you owned, and all your money. Scattered across the asphalt. That is the vision to conjure when considering not municipal waste, but ...
We don't have a lot of space here to fuss around, so let's get right to it: you can ruin a straight and clean path to divorce by ignoring the fine points of a separation agreement, leaving you and your wife in the weeds of incrimination, indecision, and accusation. Please consider these seven To-Dos and five Don'ts as you set about ...
If your wife serves in the nation’s military, she has provided you with a valuable benefit: military entitlements. You can use TRICARE, shop at the base commissary, get discounts at the Base Exchange, and relax a bit with Military Welfare and Recreation (MWR) at gyms, pools, golf courses and bowling alleys. When you two make the decision to separate, do ...
You enter the Virginia Beach law office tentatively, nervous and unsure of what to expect. You shake a hand; you sit down, you spill your guts. The person you hope will become your lawyer listens, takes some notes, and explains the process. You feel better, but as you leave, you wonder, what is the divorce lawyer going to do to ...
Nobody can pass a tax law without creating victims and victors. The changes to our tax code brought about by the recent Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) highlight this. Gone will be the deductions for spousal support payments by the payor (in Virginia, usually the man), and the recipients (in Virginia, usually the woman) will not have to declare ...