Virginians sure have some peculiar ideas about how life works. For example, say a man wanted to attack his wife and a man with a knife. Where is the worst possible place to commit such an awful crime? How about outside a courthouse? You know, like a big government building overflowing with police officers. The Virginian-Pilot reports that a Chesapeake man with poor decision-making ...
If you signed a separation agreement under duress, you don’t want to miss this. If you’re unsure what "duress" means, just ask Jared and Lindsay Rowley, who entered into an oral contract with Jesse Dimmick not to turn him over to the police. According to the American Bar Association, Dimmick and the Rowleys sealed their oral agreement upon the event of Dimmick ...
The common cuckoo bird engages in a brutal behavior scientists call brood parasitism1. The female cuckoo lays her eggs in other birds' nests. Quick-hatching cuckoo chicks hatch before their nestmates. They push the other bird eggs out of the nest to the ground below, leaving the foster bird mom to feed only the cuckoo. From the cuckoo we get the ...
The words are deliberately menacing: "... authority to punish as contempt of court any willful failure of a party to comply with the provisions of the order ..." Virginia Code does not cut parents any slack in court orders, even when the subject is the fickle heart of a tween or teen. What could happen to you if your child ...
You and your child's mother decide to part ways. What becomes of your child? Without a court order, you would think you are adrift, unmoored to any child custody laws in Virginia, free to do as you please. Perhaps you and the child's mother would think you can do what you wish, since you never took the matter to a Virginia ...
The Centers for Disease Control tells us that, in 2017, 34.6 percent of Virginia's births were to unmarried mothers. The Old Dominion ranks 39th for births to unmarried mothers1. Sometimes, those single Virginia mothers feel compelled to place their children up for adoption. Some Virginia men choose to step up and take responsibility for the children they sired, by contesting ...
Most Virginia men are honorable. They take responsibility for the children they sire, either in or out of marriage. Part of that responsibility includes costs for medical care. After a divorce, for example, you may agree to cover a large portion — even the majority — of medical bills for your child. It is noble. It is the right thing to do. ...
Colonial Williamsburg is a Virginia treasure. It portrays life in colonial America just before America's revolution against England. A visitor can sit as a juror in the courthouse, stand in the House of Burgesses, or amble through the Governor's Palace. Fortunately for everyone today, visitors to Colonial Williamsburg are not burdened by the laws of 1770 America. Our laws, including child custody ...
Do you know your precise net worth? Probably not. After completing a financial affidavit, though, you will know how much you own, how much you owe, and how much you are worth. For good or bad, your soon-to-be-ex-wife will know all that, too. A financial affidavit is a legal tool used during discovery so the court overseeing your divorce has ...