Crime Report Threat Not Duress for PSA 
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Published: May 8, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Per Curiam Opinion, Virginia Court of Appeals
Husband is not entitled to set aside a property settlement agreement (PSA) on the basis of wife’s alleged threats to report him for molesting their daughter; the Court of Appeals says husband failed to meet his burden of proving duress or unconscionability.
Husband and wife separated in 2010, after nearly three years of marriage. Wife’s attorney ...
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