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 ...
What has 40 names but is invisible in Virginia? The mountain lion, which holds the Guinness World Record for the mammal with the most names. Pumas were last reliably reported in the Commonwealth in 1882, though rumors still swirl of catamount sightings. We mention the painted cat’s many names because a particular legal document is like the cougar: the divorce ...
Contested divorces make headlines in Hollywood. Unremarkable, unexciting uncontested divorces are far more common, less costly, easier, and faster, but do not grip us the way marital splits do from “Married At First Sight.” But like Hollywood’s pampered stars and the fragile casts of reality shows, spouses in contested divorces may just be really bad at talking things out and ...
McAfee Knob on the Appalachian Trail in the Roanoke Valley is a beautiful summit. McAfee Knob is known for its celebrated ledge and a sweeping, panoramic view of the valley. It, though—like all natural features—has boundaries that should be honored. Sadly, Paul Classen tumbled off the Knob to his death not too long ago. Boundaries. They must be respected. In ...
Highland Avenue NW in Norton, Virginia is so unremarkable a thoroughfare, it does not even qualify for Google Street View. Surely the good folks of Norton wished it stayed that way, but Bryan Wampler tarnished the area when he murdered his wife and his mother-in-law before committing suicide. Never let your strained relationship with your in-laws take you down the ...
Virginia Beach’s award from the Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s longest stretch of pleasure beach (at 38 miles) deserves to be publicly trumpeted. Other records in the Commonwealth may also be public but really are better left alone, like divorce records and other legal proceedings. Jump to a Section Are Divorce Records Public in Virginia? Where is ...
Virginia resident Derek Malevich epitomizes vicousness in a relationship, capping a self-described habit of treating his girlfriend with “particular cruelty” by murdering her. Fortunately for the Commonwealth, Malevich lived in Virginia, Minnesota, not our state. Cruelty need not be so extreme to be proven in a divorce case in the Old Dominion. Jump to a Section Divorce for Cruelty in ...