Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

legal separtation

do both parties have to sign for an legal separtion in the case of abandonment?


Asked on 1/18/07, 4:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: legal separtation

There is no status officially recognized under Virginia law as "legal

separation", but if there were, and there was a situation where one spouse had allegedly abandoned the other, no signatures would be required from the abandoning spouse in order for the other to pursue his or her lawful remedies.

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Answered on 1/18/07, 5:07 pm


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