Virginia Divorce Laws & How To File (2024 Guide)

Jeffrey Johnson has written novels and movies in addition to legal analyses of eminent domain and immigration law. His experience in writing engaging fiction makes him uniquely capable of making the most dry and academic legal topics interesting (or.

Jeffrey Johnson, J.D. Deputy Legal Editor

Jeffrey Johnson has written novels and movies in addition to legal analyses of eminent domain and immigration law. His experience in writing engaging fiction makes him uniquely capable of making the most dry and academic legal topics interesting (or.

Written By Jeffrey Johnson, J.D. Deputy Legal Editor

Jeffrey Johnson has written novels and movies in addition to legal analyses of eminent domain and immigration law. His experience in writing engaging fiction makes him uniquely capable of making the most dry and academic legal topics interesting (or.

Jeffrey Johnson, J.D. Deputy Legal Editor

Jeffrey Johnson has written novels and movies in addition to legal analyses of eminent domain and immigration law. His experience in writing engaging fiction makes him uniquely capable of making the most dry and academic legal topics interesting (or.

Deputy Legal Editor

Adam has resided at the intersection of legal and journalism for two decades. An award-winning journalist and legal strategist, he’s covered high-profile trials in Florida. After law school, Adam and spent two years clerking for a U.S. District Co.

Adam has resided at the intersection of legal and journalism for two decades. An award-winning journalist and legal strategist, he’s covered high-profile trials in Florida. After law school, Adam and spent two years clerking for a U.S. District Co.

Adam has resided at the intersection of legal and journalism for two decades. An award-winning journalist and legal strategist, he’s covered high-profile trials in Florida. After law school, Adam and spent two years clerking for a U.S. District Co.

Adam has resided at the intersection of legal and journalism for two decades. An award-winning journalist and legal strategist, he’s covered high-profile trials in Florida. After law school, Adam and spent two years clerking for a U.S. District Co.

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Virginia Divorce Laws & How To File (2024 Guide)

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Virginia is for lovers. Sometimes, though, lovers who have gotten married need to move on. Virginia divorce laws are complicated and difficult to understand in the best of circumstances. Those problems are compounded when dealing with the stress of ending a relationship.

We’re here to help. We will tell you all about Virginia divorce laws and how to file for divorce, answering your questions about the process and different types of divorce.

What Are the Different Kinds of Divorce in Virginia?

There are two kinds of divorce in Virginia. The most well known is the “divorce from the bonds of matrimony,” which is probably what you’re thinking of. This type of divorce ends a marriage.

The other type of divorce in Virginia is “divorce from bed and board.” This is a legal separation that functions like a divorce in many ways, including dealing with all the issues of property division, custody and support. The difference is that the couple remains legally married to one another and cannot marry anyone else.

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