Can you get the return of your engagement ring if the marriage falls through in Virginia? Unfortunately, there is no consensus answer in Virginia. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Virginia Custody: Tardies . . . A Crime No Longer
There is a new answer to a question I posed almost a year ago: Is it a crime in Virginia for you to allow your children to show up late to school too often? Continue reading
Virginia Divorces: The Need for Specificity in Settlement Agreements
Quinn v. Irons, Record No. 0851-14-4 (Va. Ct. Appeals 2014) is a case that never should have existed but for a perfect storm of misunderstanding. In that case, the parties entered into a marital settlement agreement, while represented by legal counsel, at the end of an arbitration. The marital settlement agreement included a section entitled “College Savings Accounts,” which provided: Continue reading
Virginia Divorces: Recent Cautionary Tales
The Virginia Court of Appeals handed down two recent decisions that have very interesting fact patterns that the appellate court could not directly address due to some unexpected screw ups. Continue reading