We want our clients to be informed – not only about the details of their own case, but about their rights and options as written in Virginia law. The collection of articles below will help our readers learn more about family law in Virginia, from changes in state laws, to easy-to-understand summaries of your rights, to answers to common questions about divorce law in Virginia. We have organized the articles into four sections: divorce law, division of property law, child custody law, and domestic violence law.
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SHOULD I TRY TO RESOLVE MY CHILD CUSTODY/VISITATION DISPUTE OUTSIDE OF COURT? There are many reasons to consider settling your child custody or visitation case by agreement instead of resorting to the Courts. Some people feel that going to Court is the only way that they will ever see a fair result in their child [...]
Virginia’s judicial system for deciding issues of child Custody, Visitation, child support, and spousal support can be somewhat confusing to those not familiar with it. Virginia has a dual court system called “concurrent jurisdiction”, in which both the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (the J&DR Court) and the Circuit Court have the authority to [...]
Many people experiencing divorce for the first time are surprised to learn that property that they owned prior to the marriage–even property that has remained solely titled to them throughout the marriage—may be considered partially or entirely “marital” property by the court in the divorce. Once the property is deemed “marital”, it is subject to [...]
Every client who either receives or pays child support and spousal support (and certainly every lawyer handling a support case) needs to understand the interplay between these two very different types of support under Virginia law. The basic concepts are simple: spousal support is counted as income to the recipient for child support purposes. It [...]
Most folks approaching a divorce or marital separation for the first time are generally aware that there may be support obligations from one spouse to the other, particularly when children are involved. But often people are not fully informed of the important differences between “spousal support”, or what used to be called “alimony”, and “child [...]
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