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  I talk about adultery a lot. To be fair, it comes up a lot. As far as fault based grounds for divorce go, adultery is probably the single most common. There’s no one, single, specific path that “every” divorcing woman takes. A divorce is a journey, and it’s one that can take a LOT...

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Fault Grounds in Virginia: Part Two

On Monday, we talked about the fault based grounds for divorce in Virginia, but that’s not all you need to know about fault based divorces.  There are lots of different reasons to file on fault, which we’ll discuss here, but there are also other things you need to know, too.  How do you file?  What...

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Fault grounds in Virginia

Before you file for divorce in Virginia, you have a lot of decisions to make.  Some of those decisions are made for you.  If, for example, your husband refuses to sign any separation agreement ever, or you separated and now he refuses to pay any support at all, he can force your hand for you. ...

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I Cheated on my Husband: What do I do now?

Women, like men, have affairs for all kinds of reasons, though those reasons are usually very different. For women, it generally has more to do with the level of satisfaction she’s experiencing in her marriage—an unhappy woman, for example, is 2.6 times more likely to cheat. Usually, it’s the result of some underlying condition. The...

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How much does adultery matter?

When adultery causes the breakdown of a marriage, there are a lot of competing emotions. Adultery is such a major violation of trust that it seems like the consequences should be severe. In fact, in Virginia, adultery is still a crime and, even though it is rarely ever prosecuted, it is still true that the...

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Once you have an appointment – like an initial consultation – with a lawyer, that lawyer cannot meet with, give advice to, or represent the opposing party.  In a divorce or custody case, if a wife meets with five of the top local divorce attorneys, none of those five will be able to represent her...

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Common Custody Issues: Birthday Parties

There are a few issues that seem to pop up again and again and, if you’ve been in family law as long as I have, you’re bound to see it.  If you’re going through a divorce or custody case, you may very well come across it, too – which is why I write today. It...

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Though the laws vary (sometimes dramatically!) from state-to-state, the law in Virginia is that spousal support terminates in three specific circumstances: (1) the death of either party, (2) the remarriage of the recipient party, and (3) the continued cohabitation of the recipient party in a relationship analogous to marriage for a period of one year...

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