Solan Alzamora’s Law Blog

Should a wedding ring be treated as marital property or separate property upon divorce in Virginia?

Can you expunge a criminal charge after pleading guilty to a lesser charge?

Can you garnish an employee retirement account for the purposes of collecting overdue child support?  What about spousal support?

Do Virginia courts use a formula to calculate spousal support? 

What can you do to force the sale of your jointly owned house from your spouse?  What can you do to force the sale of your jointly owned house from your former spouse?    

On December 21, 2011, House Bill 84 was introduced for the purpose of establishing a presumption in favor of joint physical custody of children in no fault divorces.

When can an adulterer receive spousal support in Virginia? 

What can you do if your ex is threatening you with veiled messages posted on a social networking cite like MySpace or Facebook?  Well, you can seek out prosecution under Va. Code § 18.2-60(A)(1). 

Can an intoxicated person merely listening to his car radio with the engine off be found guilty of DUI in Virginia? 

The Virginia State Bar recently disciplined a Virginia attorney for his blog’s content.  What does this mean to blogging legal issues in the future?

Can a non-custodial parent voluntarily terminate his parental rights and obligations in Virginia?  Does it matter whether the custodial parent agrees to the termination despite the loss of a source of child support?

What can you do to recover an engagement ring or its value from your former fiancée?  Is this even possible in Virginia?  Well, it depends on the court and the judge.   

Wife admitted at trial that she shot her husband so as to protect herself and her son.  Wife later claimed upon remand of a different appeal of the decision that her son actually shot her husband.  Regardless of whoever pulled the trigger, the husband lived to see 38 % of the marital estate go to his wife per order of the Albemarle County Circuit Court.

Bigamy prosecution lives!

What can you do if your ex is harassing you either on the phone or through e-mail?  Well, you can finally effectively seek out a criminal complaint under the Virginia harassment statutes.  That’s because the Virginia Court of Appeals recently held in Barson v. Commonwealth that obscene means obscene and not pornographic.  No, really, that’s what it said.

Why did a trial court take into consideration the factors under Va. Code § 20-107.3(E) in determining that a student loan debt was marital?  

Can a homosexual man/woman change his/her last name to his/her partner's last name in Virginia even though same-sex marriages are prohibited in Virginia? 

Can you change your child's last name after divorce?  What if the other parent objects?