The 19th century’s George C. Parker makes people chuckle today as the guy who “sold” the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, and other public New York City landmarks. Today, though, real estate scams are no laughing matter, as Arlington, Virginia residents Pete Giannino and his wife, Kate Colwell, can tell you. Their home was illegally listed for rent without ...
The most expensive men’s suit in the world is encrusted with 240 carats of diamonds and retails for more than $760,000. A different kind of suit — a suit for divorce — can get pretty pricey, too, especially if you and your spouse are hundreds of miles apart. Jump to a Section Virginia Residency Requirements for Divorce Filing Virginia Divorce ...
Child custody is a fraught, frightening, frustrating part of parting ways with the other parent. Kids are your flesh and blood. You and your children’s mother must decide who gets whom. If you and the other parent cannot agree on child custody, the decision will be made by a Virginia judge through custody hearings, starting with a status hearing. Jump ...
It is impossible to get blood out of a stone. So said Vicesimus Knox, whose name sounds like a James Bond villain but who was in reality an English essayist. Knox wrote this proverb in 1788, though many a Virginia man facing child support payments knows it is still true. Exactly what do you have to provide? And what can ...
The top restaurant in Virginia Beach is Orion’s Roof according to TripAdvisor. It accepts reservations. Perhaps you and your attorney will have a nice brunch to celebrate your final divorce decree. Yet some people — folks afraid of heights, perhaps — have issues with it, since it is on the roof of the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront Resort. Having an ...
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 ...
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 ...