Legal emancipation means a minor gaining the freedom associated with adulthood. This topic routinely provokes disagreement between children and their parents or guardians. The Commonwealth of Virginia has legal age laws that spell out how a minor can acquire many of the rights that adults enjoy.
If you are a divorcing spouse who hopes to receive alimony (legally called spousal support or spousal maintenance), you may wonder if the length of your marriage matters. Nothing in Virginia law states that the length of marriage determines your spousal support eligibility.
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Divorcing couples in Virginia frequently clash over dividing marital assets and debts. If the couple cannot agree on the matter between themselves, a Virginia court judge will decide it for them. The division of assets and debts during divorce is costly and...
Couples facing divorce may find property division a confusing and anxiety provoking part of their divorce case. Also referred to as equitable distribution, property division is the legal division of property rights and liabilities between spouses during divorce....
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In the latest study from the Pew Research Center, it was found that more than 50% of children (younger than 18 years old) in the United States are living in a non-traditional household. It is now more common to see children living with parents who have remarried. In...
When there is no court order both parents have equal rights over the child or children. There is no parent more valuable than the other in the eyes of the law. Both mother and father have equal rights to spend as much time with the child as they want. Even when...
When deciding at what age a child can refuse to see a parent, several factors will be considered including any existing agreement, the age of the child, and the situation of the current parent with primary custody. Basically, custody agreements establish how a child...
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