Can I Refuse to Split the Equity of a Marital Home in My Name?
You can blame Causby's chickens for losing the limitless air rights above your home. The Supreme Court's 1946 decision1 set an upper limit to those rights ...
How Much Does a Custody Lawyer Cost?
What is the sound of one hand clapping? What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? How much does a custody lawyer cost? Some ...
My Wife Left the Country … Can I File for Divorce Without an Address?
Antipodes are points on our merry ol' globe that are exactly opposite from each other. If your wife leaves Virginia and moves to its antipode, she ...
Can I Get an Immediate Divorce Based on Domestic Violence?
For most people, the word "cruelty" is the start of a phrase or search leading to innocent animals. In Virginia, though, cruelty is a fundamental reason ...
My Wife Threw Away Our Signed Separation Agreement. Is It Still Valid?
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 ...
Can I Get Custody if My Ex Has a Mental Illness?
Our everyday conversations are replete with misdiagnoses against others: "You're crazy," "She's nuts," "He's two tacos short of a combo plate," and many others (a National ...
What are My Rights If I’m in Jail and My Wife Wants a Divorce?
Virginia's jails and prisons held 66,503 prisoners as of 2016, according to The Sentencing Project1. The jail population alone was 28,690, with more than 10 times ...
My Wife Used Marital Funds to Buy a New House During Our Separation – Can She Do That?
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 ...
My Wife Filed for Divorce Out of State … Where is Jurisdiction?
Your wife left you and your Virginia marital home six months ago and moved to Tennessee. Now you are served with papers saying she wants a ...