Where a woman sued her ex-husband for return of all assets awarded in their divorce, but both parties resided in Virginia and there was no allegation the ex-husband was acting under color of state law, the suit was dismissed because ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon U.S. District Court - Western District

Where wife claimed she was not receiving the correct amount from husband’s retirement, the trial court’s order directing that husband reimburse wife for the shortage is affirmed. Background When the parties divorced, husband was vested in the Civil Service Retirement ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rosemarie Annunziata Virginia Court of Appeals

A prenuptial agreement signed the day before a couple’s wedding was unenforceable because the groom failed to disclose $10 million in assets, the Court of Appeals of Virginia has ruled. The groom argued that the lack of disclosure didn’t matter, ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Doris Henderson Causey Judge James W. Haley Jr. Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr. prenuptial agreement Virginia Court of Appeals

The trial court properly interpreted the parties’ premarital agreement to provide that husband’s savings certificates, which were his separate property before the marriage, became joint property when he titled them in both parties’ names after the marriage, and did not ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Frank K. Friedman Virginia Court of Appeals

Where the parties’ premarital agreement recited there had been full disclosure of their assets, when, in fact, the disclosure documents were left blank, husband cannot enforce the agreement because it is unconscionable. Husband’s undisclosed assets were more than $10 million ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in the equitable distribution of the parties’ assets or by awarding wife support for a limited duration. Background The parties were married in 1991 and separated in 2004. The Loudoun Circuit Court ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Christopher Clemens Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a father alleged his two minor children were residing in Anguilla at the time their mother removed them to the United States, that the removal violated the father’s custody rights under Anguilla law and that the father had been ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Norman K. Moon U.S. District Court - Western District

The JDR court had jurisdiction to determine the amount of spousal support husband must pay wife. Further, the circuit court properly awarded wife attorneys’ fees and correctly awarded support for a term longer than half of the marriage. Overview The ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Dominique A. Callins Virginia Court of Appeals

Where defendant husband’s military pension does not include disability pay, Howell v. Howell, 137 S. Ct. 1400 (2017), is inapplicable, and the parties’ property settlement controls the pension division. Howell held that under federal law, a military retiree who opts ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Gary A. Mills Newport News City Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Domestic Relations The appellant forfeited her appeal of the trial court’s award of attorney fees to appellee because she did not include a transcript or statement of facts for the hearing on the matter. A transcript is indispensable to resolve ...

Tagged with: Criminal Domestic Relations Virginia Court of Appeals