In your divorce, every choice you make should further your ultimate goal. What's your ultimate goal? Well, that's different for every woman, but in most cases, the goal is to retain as much of the marital assets as possible. In a divorce, unlike in a personal injury case, all you have to divide is what...
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In Virginia, condonation is a defense to a divorce filed on grounds of adultery. Condonation happens when you know that your husband has committed adultery and, after learning of it, you sleep with him. It works in reverse, too. If you’re the one who committed the adultery, and he sleeps with you after learning of...
When you first find out about your husband’s affair, or you start to suspect it, it can be difficult not to take immediate action. You’re angry, you’re hurt, and you’re scared—what does it mean for you, your marriage, and your future? It’s too soon to tell, but it’s not too soon for you to be...
One of the most difficult things you can do during your divorce is attempt to live separately in the same home. Though it has become a necessity for many couples who can’t afford two separate physical spaces, it’s definitely something that comes with a number of difficulties. Once you’ve separated, you have to also stop...
Living separate in the same home usually creates a lot of drama. In many ways, it’s much better if you can actually live separately—but, financially, that may not be an option for every couple. In order to live separate and apart, you have to prove to the judge that there has been no cohabitation. Cohabitation...
Does My Attorney Really Understand My Military Divorce? Sometimes I wonder why the military loves acronyms. It’s not just any one branch of service either. They all love little loaded words like PCS, TAD, TEMADD, IA, DITY moves…and more frustrating, there isn’t a dictionary you can readily buy beforehand to learn all of these acronyms....
There is one part of the divorce process that is really, really ridiculously easy. It doesn’t require you to spend a lot of money, or file official-looking paperwork in your local circuit court, and it doesn’t even require any additional worrying. What is this mysterious and wonderful piece of the puzzle, you ask? It’s separation....
In Virginia, you're married until you're divorced. If you're separated, you're not divorced. If you're married and you have sex with someone who is not your spouse, you have committed adultery. In Virginia, adultery is a Class 4 misdemeanor. Even if you and your husband are separated and you (or he) has sex with someone...