Domestic Relations – Void Marriage Decree – Attorney’s Fees 
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Published: March 1, 2010
Tags: Domestic Relations, Per Curiam Opinion, Virginia Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals summarily affirms a trial court’s declaration that appellant’s marriage was void ab initio, and awarding appellee wife attorney’s fees and costs.
The parties were married in Korea in 2002. Wife filed for divorce in 2007, alleging cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily harm and constructive desertion. Husband filed a cross-complaint alleging adultery, ...
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