Revenge is best served hot, as in a hot cup of coffee. At least that is what Melody Feliciano Johnson apparently thought. After her airman husband filed for divorce, Johnson allegedly used bleach to poison his coffee. Johnson reported to police that her husband sexually assaulted her while he was stationed in Germany, so she was allegedly poisoning him in ...
The earliest examples of trepanning — drilling holes in the human skull to relieve medical and psychological symptoms — are from around 6,000 B.C.E. We don’t drill into people’s heads anymore as a solution to mental health problems. Yet plenty of Virginian men face mental health crises and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that can affect family law matters. Jump ...
Some Virginia adultery stories are sad and sordid, like the case against Christina Wang. Ms. Wang resides in jail as she stares down murder charges in the 2023 death of her estranged husband Calvin. Before your divorce reaches the extremes of the Wang v. Wang divorce, consider how adultery can affect your family law case. Jump to a Section Adultery ...
What would you do with nearly $50 million? A young Virginian found out in 2022 after sustaining major injuries in a 2019 motor vehicle collision. The personal injury settlement of $47.5 million is believed to be the largest amount ever recovered by a Virginia personal injury plaintiff. If you have won a personal injury settlement, is your spouse entitled to ...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) impairs about eight million adult Americans, according to WebMD. Most ADHD diagnoses occur in childhood, when around 12 percent of boys and six percent of girls are identified. Men are diagnosed at a rate of 5.4 percent and women at 3.2 percent. These adults with ADHD often make relationships difficult. A high conflict ADHD spouse ...
Ben Seisler wanted to go to law school at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Ben had no money, but he did have sperm that brought him $150 a … donation, let’s say. Ben’s …generosity … produced at least 75 children. He does not have to financially support any of them, and is happily practicing law in Boston now. But ...
Alexander the Great started conquering countries at 18. Joan of Arc was 17 when she rescued the besieged city of Orleans. Nadia Comenici made Olympic history at 14. Weigh this against Mozart, who composed his first symphony at age 8, and what is so wrong about a Virginia man kicking his 18-year-old kids out of the house? Jump to a ...
Randy Lee Remillard got married for all the right reasons, at least according to his tax guy. Randy married — and had his bride-to-be sign a prenuptial agreement on December 29, 2014 before the December 30 wedding — because his accountant told Randy of substantial tax savings if he married and filed jointly rather than separately. You may think Randy ...
Nearly 43 years overdue. On February 1, 2023 the Newport News Public Library staff reported finding a book returned to one of its branches that was due back March 23, 1980. You never run out of time to do the right thing, right? But what if you miss your pendente lite hearing in a family law case? What can a ...