A request for spousal support can be done in any one of three different ways: 1. File a petition for a determination of spousal support in the...

Spouses can enter into certain written marital agreements variously called separation agreements, post-nuptial agreements, property settlement...

Section 20-107.3(K) gives a judge performing equitable distribution incident to a divorce the right to "... direct payment of a percentage of the...

Child custody can be determined in a Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court or incidental to a divorce case in the Circuit Court. ...

Anytime a litigant wants to introduce a document into evidence, there are at least two issues to address. The first issue is hearsay. Hearsay is...

Contempt proceedings are used to compel ex-spouses to comply with the terms of a final decree of divorce, or any other orders or decrees. The...

A final decree of divorce becomes "final" for almost all purposes after 21 days after it is entered by the court. Virginia Code Section...

Your question contains some misplaced terms. Technically, an "heir" is someone who inherits property by intestate succession, not by will. A...

A bigamous marriage is void ab initio, meaning it is a nullity from the outset, without any further action required to invalidate it. Bigamy...

Although a will can be registered with the clerk of the appropriate Circuit Court in Virginia, it rarely occurs. JAG officers may produce a will...