Where a church, for a period of time when the parties were separated, paid the mortgage on the marital home, the trial court properly classified the payments as a marital contribution instead of crediting them as husband’s separate contribution. Overview ...

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Where police entered appellant’s apartment without a warrant, evidence found during the search should have been suppressed. Police lacked probable cause or exigent circumstances to enter. Appellant’s conviction for a drug offense is vacated and the case is remanded for ...

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The parties’ marital separation agreement is best understood as providing that husband’s military pension was a marital asset. Therefore, wife is entitled to 50 percent of the pension “when a military retirement is earned by Husband.” The trial court correctly ...

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Where the trial court revoked all of appellant’s suspended sentences for a probation violation and did not resuspend any portion of them, there was no error given his long criminal history and failure to report to a drug rehabilitation program. ...

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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, ...

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Where appellant was convicted of first-degree murder, he was not prejudiced when the court denied two motions for a continuance. Continuance Regarding appellant’s two denied motions for a continuance, he “argues that he needed extra time to go through ‘late ...

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Where the court changed the permanency planning goals for appellant’s children from placement at home or with a relative to placement with a relative or adoption, this was in the children’s best interest. Overview Mother’s three children are 10, four ...

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