Child custody cases can become legal nightmares, as in the case of Virginia’s own Lisa Miller, who fled the country with her daughter more than 10 years ago, supposedly on the advice of her counsel at the time. You can avoid upending your life, your ex’s life, and the lives of your children with a piece of paper, the consent ...
Lawyers love words. Words like prima facie, estoppel, and amicus curiae. Here’s a word: poecilonym. The next time your drinking buddy pulls a bar bet on you, win your money back with this: What is a synonym for the word synonym? Answer: poecilonym (“poe-sill-o-nim”). Guaranteed you’ll win back any money you lost in previous bets. So what is a poecilonym ...
Let’s decode a legal concept, in personam jurisdiction. Jurisdiction is cobbled together from a Latin phrase meaning “law saying,” and in personam means “against a person” as opposed to a place or thing. Take it together and you get the law saying what a person can or cannot do, as in a divorce. Jump to a Section The 14th Amendment ...
The Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia (LASEVA) is fighting a virtuous but daunting battle. In Virginia (according to The Virginia Bar Association), low-income folks share just one legal aid lawyer for every 6,184 people. So how helpful could Legal Aid be with your Virginia divorce? Jump to a Section The Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia Your Odds Federal ...
Today we offer you two choices: we can talk about life insurance in your divorce, or you can or you can zip over here to watch paint dry for 10 hours. We know, we know; tough choice! For those of you who stick around, life insurance can be more exciting than watching a vertically applied colloidal suspension curing in a ...
Mike Newman is blind. Mike Newman drives boats, cars, and trucks. Mike Newman sets Guinness Records driving them. Still, we would not advise asking Mike Newman to represent you in a Virginia divorce. He’s 1) not an attorney and 2) not a Virginian. We can, however, advise you on a baker’s dozen of ways to speed up your Virginia divorce. ...
The government is not noted for its eloquent writing style. Here is a sample from the user’s guide to The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA): “The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) (50 USC App. § 3901 et seq, as amended), formerly known as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, provides members on active duty status with important ...
Colonial Williamsburg’s Governor’s Palace is a grand layer cake. Its two ceremonial stories are topped by a dormered attic, then a widow’s walk, and then a two-tiered cupola. All of that garnish is topped by a finial, a masterful metallic flourish. A finial is an end, a final topmost point on a building. A traditional Williamsburg pineapple finial is a ...
Since 2004 folks have turned to Indeed to find jobs and employees. Want to become a lawyer? The average base salary for attorneys is $98,822 nationwide, claims Indeed1. Is that how much your Virginia divorce lawyer will make in a year? Probably not. As a potential client, you want to know what you will pay. Legal services, however, are not ...