Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

I did get a response to my question but it was not fully understood I think. My find got married in Suffolk, VA but not a resident to the United States. Being that she got married in VA does that mean she can file for a divorce in that state even though is lives in Panama and have never lived in the states and have no resident here in the United States?


Asked on 2/18/16, 9:35 am

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

No, your friend cannot file for divorce in Virginia unless she is currently recognized as a

legal resident of the Commonwealth and meets the other conditions required for initiating

such a filing.

However, that should in no way preclude her from filing for a divorce in Panama if

that's where she now resides and that the idea that she should have to go

back to the United States merely to file for a divorce because she was married

here borders on the absurd.

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Answered on 2/18/16, 9:47 am


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