With graduation season in full swing, many parents are thinking about college. For parents going through a divorce, the question becomes a matter of who is going to pay for college. In Virginia, child support ends when the child turns 18; or
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As school comes to an end, seniors across the country play senior pranks. It’s a tradition that’s very common, and so most of the time students don’t get in much trouble about it – except to receive clean-up duty. Not the case
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No one likes to find out their spouse has been cheating. Adultery can be very difficult to prove, but it has serious consequences in divorce cases in Virginia. 1 – Adultery is crime in Virginia. In the Virginia Code, adultery is defined
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Last week, police in Waynesboro arrested two men for huffing an aerosol can. Huffing is a form of inhaling intoxicants, either by the nose or mouth. Inhaling noxious fumes has been an easy and cheap way to get high. While the products
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Divorce rates are high, and so divorce has recently lost its stigma as a failure. Instead of being embarrassed or devastated, many people are looking at it in a positive light. Divorce parties are creating the atmosphere of optimism and rebirth –
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Many people brush off a misdemeanor offense as minor, but the truth is misdemeanor convictions have major consequences. A misdemeanor is a serious charge that is punishable by jail time. Usually, individuals convicted of misdemeanors are ordered to pay hefty court fines,
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Child support is often a tense subject between parents. However, once a court order is in place, it is imperative that you follow the order and make your payments on time. Failing to abide by the court order can result in major
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A Swiss court ordered Dmitry Rybolovlev to pay $4.5 billion to his wife Elena in their divorce. Marc Bonnant, attorney for Elena Rybolovlev, stated that it was “the most expensive divorce in history.” Swiss law requires equal division of money or assets
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If divorce from your spouse is something you are considering, you should look into the concept of an uncontested divorce. Unlike an adversarial divorce, an uncontested divorce is one where the spouses agree on all the issues arising from the marriage and
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With the technology of in vitro fertilization, the dreams of many men and women to become parents have come true. That’s made a lot of families happy. However, when parents decide to divorce, the situation becomes tricky. In a custody battle –
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