Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

Wedding Expenses During a Divorce

My husband wants out of our marriage of eight months. The problem is that I do not want a divorce from him because I love him and still want to spend the rest of my life with him. He says that we have different expectations of marriage and that is why he wants out, basically he's fearful of it not working out, so he’s walking away before it “turns bad”. In this situation I feel as though his obligations to this relationship are not grounded in reality. Therefore I am asking him to pay for 50% of most of the wedding costs that my family and I incurred and I would also like my rings back. I feel as though he can keep the gifts that were given to him from his invitees, and I can keep the gifts from mine. What legal grounds do I have to proceed? Clearly, I would not ask him to pay for my dress etc. but I do feel as though since he wants out for the probability that it won't work out, we should both be made whole as we were before, at least financially. What do you think?


Asked on 10/21/07, 3:50 pm

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

Re: Wedding Expenses During a Divorce

WHOA there! How about some marriage counseling first before the two of you start dividing up the recently acquired marital property that apparently is not even nine months old

and begin pondering the intracacies of your "legal grounds to proceed"?

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Answered on 10/21/07, 4:37 pm


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