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Evicted spouse waived ability to equitably distribute house
Virginia Court of Appeals rules Circuit Court lacked jurisdiction in divorce property claim filed more than 21 days after final decree was entered.
Domestic Relations: Custody award was supported by evidence
Where the circuit court properly considered the statutory factors based on the evidence presented, and found that awarding wife primary custody was in the children’s best interest, that decision was affirmed.
Domestic Relations: Trial court erred in modifying child support
Where the trial court’s interpretation of the parties’ marital settlement agreement upset the intention of the parties, as expressed in the plain language of the agreement, its order modifying the child support award is reversed.
Domestic Relations: Wife’s challenge to property division fails
Where the trial court examined the evidence and considered the statutory factors in distributing marital assets, its decision was affirmed.
Statutory separation required for divorce
In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Virginia held that a couple seeking a no-fault divorce under Va. Code § 20-91(A)(9) was required to show an intent to permanently live separate and apart throughout the statutory separation period.
Domestic Relations: Court resolves dispute over no-fault statute
Where the Court of Appeals held that a party seeking a no-fault divorce under Code § 20-91(A)(9) is not required to show that either party continuously maintained, throughout the statutory period, an intent to separate permanently, and that the intent to permanently separate need only exist at the very beginning of the separation period, it erred. There must be an intent to permanently live separ[...]
Top priority: Encourage clients to focus on self-care during divorce
No matter the area of law in which you practice, odds are good you will run across a client who is going through a divorce. Divorce is one of the […]
Divorce lawyer sanctioned for violating stay
A lawyer who sought to keep a divorce case from going dormant after the opposing party filed for bankruptcy has been hit with $6,050 in sanctions by a Richmond bankruptcy […]
Who pays? A tutorial on fee-shifting in divorce cases
While outlining a five-factor framework for domestic relations fee shifting, a Fairfax County judge nonetheless decided this month that the factors weighed against any fee award in a high-profile divorce […]
Lawyer is disqualified in complex divorce case
A Reston lawyer has been sidelined from representing a husband in a contentious and complicated Loudoun County divorce action because of his prior representation of a former friend of the […]
‘Revenge porn’ or evidence? Attorney-client privilege at issue in use of photo
The Supreme Court of Virginia has been asked to decide whether a divorcing wife violated the state’s “revenge porn” law when she let her lawyer use secretly recorded nude images […]
CAV: Husband adequately alleged desertion
The circuit court erred in finding a husband’s divorce complaint insufficient based on the husband’s apparent acquiescence in the separation. To state a claim for desertion, only the deserting party’s […]
Verdicts & Settlements
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
- Premises Liability – Fall down stairs at resort results in injuries, death
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Workers’ Compensation- Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice- Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Struck in face by forklift, woman suffers brain injury
- Negligence and Tort – Group home resident falls, sustaining femur fracture
- Medical Malpractice – Nursing facility patient dies after fracturing ankle in fall
- Medical Malpractice- Patient has bladder injury during colostomy reversal
- Premises Liability- Apartment guest burned by gas grill spewing fire
Opinion Digests
- The Most Important Opinions, January-June 2026
- Criminal – Court of Appeals wrongly vacated murder conviction
- Tort – U.Va. prevails on former professor’s claims
- Constitutional – Company’s due process claim against county is dismissed
- Administrative – Plaintiffs’ effort to enjoin ITC proceeding fails
- Patent and trademark – Amazon patent infringement suit transferred to New Jersey
- Tort – Chesterfield County dismissed from wrongful death suit
- Consumer Protection – Lawsuit over kratom survives motion to dismiss
- Criminal – Defendant convicted of attempted sexual exploitation of a child
- Evidence – Motion to exclude transmission expert is rejected
- Damages – Court awards pre-judgment interest following parties’ acquiescence
- Employment – Court approves overtime wage collective action settlement
