Virginia Dissolution of Marriage Law
Yemane Mehari v. Muzit Mesfun-Mehari
<h2><br> Fairfax, Virginia divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a child support and equitable distribution dispute.<br> <h2><br> <br> Husband and wife married on January 12, 2002, and had three children. When the parties divorced in January 2023, their oldest child was an adult and attending college, while their younger children were seven-year-old twins. One of the twins, A.M., had sev... More...
$0 (07-16-2024 - VA)Tamara T. Oakey v. Daniel G. Oakey
<h2><br> Roanoke, Virginia divorce lawyers represented husband and wife as spousal support dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> Husband and wife divorced in 2013 after 13 years of marriage. Both husband and wife have children from earlier marriages, but no children were born of this marriage. At the time of their divorce, the circuit court determined that husband's gross adjusted annual income was approxim... More...
$0 (09-17-2024 - VA)Lindsey Nicole Perkins v. Rebecca Lynn (Hicks) Howington, et al.
<h2><br> Tazwell, Virginia adoption lawyers represented the parties.<br> </h2><br> <br> In 2019, mother and father shared joint legal custody over their biological child, with mother having primary physical custody. On February 14, 2020, father married stepmother. In March, the Tazewell County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court ("J&DR district court") granted father temporary legal and... More...
$0 (09-10-2024 - VA)Faiza Ambreen, et al. v. Merrick Garland
<h2><br> Alexandria, Virginia immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> This action involves a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APAâ€) seeking review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals ("BIAâ€). Before the Court is Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF 5) and Plaintiffs' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF 12). Because the BIA... More...
$0 (08-23-2024 - VA)Peter Lazar, et al. v. John Gobron, et al.
Roanoke, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on negligence theories.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Montgomery County Circuit Court, CL22-001419-00, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.<br> <br> Plaintiff challenged the jurisdiction of the federal court and sought remand.<br> <br> <br> According to the Complaint, the "underlying dispute ... More...
$0 (08-23-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Zahida Aman and Mohammed rehan Chaudhri
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor for compelling the domestic labor of a Pakistani woman for 12 years.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/virginia/news/richmond/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Richmond</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </cent... More...
$0 (01-24-2023 - VA)United States of America v. Steve Cochran
Newport News, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making more than 60 threats to murder, rape, torture and otherwise harm state and federal elected officials, including numerous members of Congress and a former President of the United States.<br> <br> Steve Cochran, 43, repeatedly threatened to murder, kidnap, torture, and/or rape elected officials and their loved ones.... More...
$0 (10-13-2022 - VA)Patrick & Shirley Lattimore v. Sonal & Kamlesh Brahmbhatt, et al.
Danville, Virginia employment law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> This case arises out of the dissolution of an employment relationship and related tenancy alleged to be between Plaintiffs Patrick & Shirley Lattimore and Defendants Sonal & Kamlesh Brahmbhatt, the Dhyanni Corporation, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts ("Wyndhamâ€), and Br... More...
$0 (05-20-2022 - VA)Jerry Dixon v. Rebecca Dixon
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Richmond, Virginia - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with appealing a final divorce decree. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> The parties married in 1989. In 2017, the husband moved out of the marital residence <br> and filed for divorce. He alleged desertion and abandonment and, alternatively, living separately <br> for mor... More...
$0 (05-11-2022 - VA)Matthew Thomas Conley v. Brenda Lynn Bonasera
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Richmond, Virginia - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with moving to terminate his court-ordered monthly support obligation. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> The parties married on August 25, 2001, and divorced on July 15, 2016. Their marital <br> property included ownership interest in three window installation franchises l... More...
$0 (05-11-2022 - VA)Firouzeh Dinarany v. John Stark
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Divorce lawyers represented both parties in companion appeals from a divorce decree. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Stark and Dinarany were married on December 18, 2012. They have a daughter together,<br> who was born during the marriage. Dinarany also has a son from a prior marriage.<br> At the time of the marriag... More...
$0 (03-13-2022 - VA)Michael Herbert Jessee v. Michelle Evora Jessee, n/k/a Michelle Evora Griffin
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with appealing the equitable distribution award of a preserved pre-embryo. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The parties married in 2017. They tried to conceive a baby naturally for six months <br> without success and then employed medical intervention to aid in the process. Using ... More...
$0 (03-13-2022 - VA)Michael B. Yourko v. Lee Ann B. Yourko
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing from the modification of a final decree and equitable distribution order. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Wife filed a complaint for divorce from husband. After husband filed a counterclaim and <br> both parties filed answers, the circuit court entered a final decr... More...
$0 (03-13-2022 - VA)C. Ray Davenport, Commissioner of Labor and Industry v. Utility Trailer Manufacturing Company
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Occupational Safety and Health lawyer represented defendant with a violation of safety standards charge. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> On appeal of an order granting a motion to strike, we view the evidence in the light most <br> favorable to the non-moving party—the Commissioner—and accord him "the ... More...
$0 (03-13-2022 - VA)Horacio Eugenio Sobol v. Christine Marie Sobol
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with challenging the valuation and distribution of certain assets. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> The parties were married in August 1998 and separated approximately twenty years later, on <br> July 1, 2018. Three children were born of the marriage. <br> <br> Wife had earned a ... More...
$0 (03-12-2022 - VA)Cathryn Rose Rainey v. Chad Christopher Rainey
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Richmond, VA - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing from a decision in a custody and visitation dispute. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Father and mother were married for sixteen years. For most of the marriage, mother was <br> the primary caregiver to daughter and son, as father traveled for work around 130 to 140... More...
$0 (03-11-2022 - VA)United States of America v. SEITU SULAYMAN KOKAYI
<center><h2><font color="red"><center>Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of coercion and enticement of a minor charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Appellant was convicted following a bench trial. The following facts were <br> presented at trial. We view them in the light most favorable to the Government. See United <br> States v. Garcia-Ochoa, 6... More...
$0 (08-26-2021 - VA)Richard Allen Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia Beach, VA - aggravated sexual battery<br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0k1-KOszV1xkgbm_JSyo7mPUl1bzajkO-_iTmvPlZwAA6gDXYA2O-gLta0hnuvtqTVEv7A=s151"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA<br> Present: Judges Petty, O’Brien and Senior... More...
$0 (09-21-2020 - VA)Larry Dornell Palmer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation concerning appealing a complaint for aggravated malicious Wounding in Virginia?<br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> On May 1, 2018, Palmer was tried in a bench trial in the Circuit Court of the City of <br> Virginia Beach. Palmer was charged with one count of m... More...
$0 (01-31-2020 - VA)Rafalko v. Georgiadis
Dimitri B. Georgiadis (Dimitri) established a revocable trust on December 21, 1989 that <br> designated his new wife, Margaret Georgiadis (Margaret), and his only children, two sons from a <br> previous marriage, Paul Georgiadis (Paul) and Basil Georgiadis (Basil) (collectively, the sons), <br> as beneficiaries. The sons were named co-trustees of that trust. August 27, 2012, Dimitri amended and r... More...
$0 (11-05-2015 - VA)Lee v. Spoden
In 1994, Lee started SHC, a consulting company providing services to healthcare <br> organizations and professionals. In 1995, Lee and Spoden married. That same year, Lee granted Spoden a 50% ownership interest in SHC.1 In 2004, SHC purchased real property in Sarasota, <br> Florida (the “Florida Property”). <br> In 2009, Spoden filed for divorce. As part of the divorce proceeding, Lee and... More...
$0 (09-18-2015 - VA)Timothy B. Bostic v. George E. Schaefer, II
Via various state statutes and a state constitutional amendment, Virginia prevents same-sex couples from marrying and refuses to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Two same-sex couples filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of these laws, alleging that they violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court granted the couples... More...
$0 (07-28-2014 - VA)Mahmoud M. Hegab v. Letitia A. Long, Directory of Geopatial-Intelligence Agency
When Mahmoud Hegab, an employee of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ("NGA") with a top secret security clearance, informed the agency of his marriage to Bushra Nusairat, the NGA conducted a reinvestigation into his security clearance. Based on new information, the NGA revoked Hegab's security clearance.<br><br>Hegab commenced this action under the Administrative Procedure Act against th... More...
$0 (04-25-2013 - VA)Scott Andochick, M.D. v. Ronald Byrd
Scott Andochick brought this declaratory judgment action, asserting that ERISA preempted a state court order requiring him to turn over benefits received under ERISA retirement and life insurance plans owned by his deceased ex-wife, Erika Byrd. ERISA obligates a plan administrator to pay plan proceeds to the named beneficiary, here Andochick. The only question before us is whether ERISA prohibits ... More...
$0 (03-05-2013 - VA)The Real Trust About Abortion, Inc. f/k/a The Real Truth About Obama, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission
The Real Truth About Abortion, Inc. (formerly known as The Real Truth About Obama, Inc.), a Virginia non-profit corporation organized under § 527 of the Internal Revenue Code to provide "accurate and truthful information about the public policy positions of Senator Barack Obama," commenced this action against the Federal Election Commission and the Department of Justice, contending that it was ... More...
$0 (06-14-2012 - VA)Lisa Laws v. CAlvin McIlroy, Jr.
In these appeals, we consider whether the Circuit Court of Buckingham County (the "circuit court") erred when it granted motions to dismiss filed by the individual defendant Calvin McIlroy, Jr. ("McIlroy"), the plea in bar filed by Government Employees Insurance Company ("GEICO"), and the motion to dismiss lodged by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm"), all relying on Code... More...
$0 (04-20-2012 - VA)Anthony Michael Sfreddo v. Vanessa Sfreddo
In this divorce appeal, Anthony Michael Sfreddo (husband) argues the trial court erred in (1) classifying his interest in a family-owned company as marital; (2) awarding Vanessa Sfreddo (wife) an inappropriately large share of the value of that company; (3) valuing a second company partially owned by husband; and (4) failing to consider interest wife could earn from the monetary award when determi... More...
$0 (01-24-2012 - VA)David H. Dailey v. Janice M. Dailey
David H. Dailey ("husbandâ€) contends that the trial court erred in holding that his retirement, and the share of that retirement that is being disbursed to his former wife, Janice M. Dailey ("wifeâ€), did not constitute a basis to modify the husband's spousal support obligation to wife. We agree with husband and, therefore, reverse and remand.<br><br>BACKGROUND<br><br>Husband and wife w... More...
$0 (03-06-2012 - VA)Rory Luther Virostko v. Brandi Lynn Virostko
Rory Virostko ("fatherâ€) appeals the trial court's determination that he owes $39,000 in child support arrearages. Father contends that the trial court erred in two respects. First, father argues that the trial court disregarded the terms of the parties' Separation and Property Settlement Agreement ("PSAâ€) in both determining the child support owed by father to Brandi Virostko ("mother... More...
$0 (04-03-2012 - VA)Daniel C. Schuman v. Mary C. Shuman
Daniel C. Schuman ("Danielâ€) appeals the judgment of the Court of Appeals holding that various stock options and awards granted to Mary C. Schuman ("Maryâ€) during the marriage were her separate property because the vesting dates fell after the date of separation.1 Finding that the Court of Appeals gave undue weight to the vesting dates, we reverse.<br><br>BACKGROUND<br><br>Daniel and M... More...
$0 (11-04-2011 - VA)Cheyep Nkopchieu v. Raymond Bernard Minlend
In this domestic relations proceeding, the circuit court in its final order of divorce denied a motion by Cheyep Nkopchieu (mother) to enter a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) permitting her to attach a retirement account belonging to Raymond Bernard Minlend (father) for the sole purpose of paying father's very considerable child support arrearage of over $28,000. On appeal, we hold that ... More...
$0 (12-20-2011 - VA)George E. Cranwell v. Anne E. Cranwell, n/k/a Anne Campbell
Appellant, George Cranwell, and appellee, Anne Campbell, were divorced on May 11, 2007. The divorce decree incorporated the parties' prior letter agreement, which included provisions regarding child support and spousal support. Mr. Cranwell subsequently moved to modify the amount of his child support payments based on a material change of circumstances. He also sought termination of his spousal su... More...
$0 (12-06-2011 - VA)Bryan P. Pilati v. Sharon B. Pilati
In this divorce proceeding, the trial court awarded permanent spousal support to Sharon B. Pilati. Her husband, Bryan P. Pilati, appeals the support order claiming the trial court did not provide sufficient "written findings and conclusions†as required by Code § 20-107.1(F). We agree and remand for purposes of complying with this statutory mandate.<br><br>I.<br><br>During the parties' di... More...
$0 (12-06-2011 - VA)Danny R. Stevens v. Teresa D. Stevens
Danny Stevens ("husbandâ€) appeals an order from the Circuit Court of Nelson County ("circuit courtâ€), granting him a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, ordering a distribution of marital property, and entering a judgment in favor of Teresa Stevens ("wifeâ€). Specifically, husband maintains that the circuit court erred in its classification and valuation of the real estate. We hold that... More...
$0 (12-13-2011 - VA)Robert Curtis Harrison v. Tammy Miriam Harrison
Robert Curtis Harrison (husband) appeals from the trial court's determination that it lacked in personam jurisdiction over Tammy Miriam Harrison (wife) and thus could not adjudicate the personal and property rights arising from husband's and wife's marriage. On appeal, husband asserts that the trial court erred by: 1) denying in personam jurisdiction over wife based upon Code § 20-146.8; 2) den... More...
$0 (05-05-2011 - VA)Adnan Syed, et al. v. ZH Technologies, Inc., et al.
ZH Technologies, Inc. ("ZH Techâ€) and Abulala K. Naser ("Naserâ€) filed a complaint against Adnan Syed ("Syedâ€), Sheriza Ousman ("Ousmanâ€), and Zerowire Technologies, Inc. ("Zerowireâ€),1 in which ZH Tech and Naser alleged six causes of action: (1) breach of fiduciary duty, (2) conversion, (3) unjust enrichment, (4) fraud, (5) violation of the Virginia business conspira... More...
$0 (06-10-2010 - VA)United Leasing Corporation v. The Lehner Family Business Trust
In this appeal, we consider whether a defendant preserved an objection made in a motion to strike at the conclusion of the plaintiff's evidence, when the defendant moved to renew its motion to strike at the conclusion of the trial. We hold that the defendant failed to preserve its argument regarding the validity of an assignment of a breach of contract claim to the plaintiff, because the defendant... More...
$0 (03-09-2010 - VA)Monzer R. Chorbaji v. Marva D. Simpson
Monzer R. Chorbaji (husband) appeals the trial court's final order regarding custody, visitation, child support, grounds for divorce, equitable distribution, and attorney's fees. Husband argues that the trial court erred by (1) abusing its discretion under Code § 20-124.3 and awarding custody of the parties' minor child to wife and supervised visitation to husband; (2) ordering husband to relin... More...
$0 (02-02-2010 - VA)Clyde A. Holmes v. Amy Holmes
Clyde A. Holmes (husband) appeals the final decree of divorce, entered on June 26, 2009. Husband argues that the trial court erred in (1) ordering husband to pay spousal support in the amount of $1,800 per month for six years and attorney's fees in the amount of $8,000; (2) using an incorrect separation date to calculate the marital share of his military retirement benefits; (3) ordering that Amy ... More...
$0 (02-02-2010 - VA)Remora Investments, LLC v. David L. Orr
In this appeal, we consider whether a member of a limited liability company ("L.L.C.â€) may bring a direct action against the manager of that L.L.C. for an alleged breach of fiduciary duty to the individual member or if such an action must be brought derivatively on behalf of the L.L.C.<br><br>I. Facts and Proceedings Below<br><br>O.A.L.L.C. ("O.A.â€) was formed in 2000 as a Virginia lim... More...
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