NORTHERN VIRGINIA FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS Legal Insights

Lorton, Virginia · Fault-Based Divorce Most Virginia divorces are no-fault, but fault still has real power in the right case. Proving adultery, cruelty, or desertion can change support and shape the property division, and it can let you file without waiting out a separation. It is also hard to prove and not always worth it....

Nokesville, Virginia · Fault-Based Divorce Most Virginia divorces are no-fault, but the state still allows fault grounds, and in the right case they change things. Adultery, cruelty, and desertion are the main ones. Let me explain what each requires, what you have to prove, and when filing on fault is worth it instead of waiting...

Montclair, Virginia · Fault-Based Divorce When a spouse walks out, the one left behind often assumes that is automatically desertion, and that the law will punish it. The reality is more careful. Whether a departure counts as desertion and who the law treats as at fault depend on why it happened. Let me explain what...

Haymarket, Virginia · Spousal Support In a long marriage where one spouse earns, and the other runs the household or raises the children, spousal support is often the question that matters most. Virginia has no formula for it, the court weighs a list of factors. Let me explain how support is decided, how long it...