Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

Re: Seperation

Never heard of the Barringer Law. But the law in Virginia is that there are, basically, three classes of property in a divorce involving equitable distribution.

The first type of property is separate property, which is any property acquired by a spouse before the marriage and not inter-mingled with the spouse's property. Separate property also includes any property acquired subsequent to marriage by gift or inheritance, so long as that spouse does not inter-mingle it with the property of the spouse.

Marital property is property acquired subsequent to the marriage except by gift or inheritance.

The third type is hybrid property, which is property consisting of a combination of the two, e.g., separate real estate that is partly paid for with money earned by either spouse after marriage.

Whatever accumulation of "interest" or accumulated value may be calculated as marital property.

You didn't say whether you had an attorney when the decision and/or agreement occured. If you didn't have one, better get one. Pronto.

By the way, "agreements" are not ordered by the court. The court, if there is no agreement, may enter an order providing for certain things. But courts don't "order" agreements to be signed unless agreements between the parties or between counsel representing the parties are represented to the court as having been entered.

Sounds to me like you better get a lawyer.

Did I say "Pronto?"

If I didn't, I meant to. So, get a lawyer...

...PRONTO.

If not sooner.