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The Uniform Custodial Trust Act: An Alternative To Adult Guardianship, Louis A. Mezzullo, Michael C. Roach Jan 1989

The Uniform Custodial Trust Act: An Alternative To Adult Guardianship, Louis A. Mezzullo, Michael C. Roach

University of Richmond Law Review

The problems associated with court appointed guardianship are axiomatic. The public nature of the court proceeding required for appointment of a guardian is of concern to many families who become involved in the process. The expense and delay associated with the original hearing, as well as subsequent hearings that may be necessary in the operation of the guardianship, are also a great disadvantage of guardianship. As a means of managing property, guardianship is cumbersome, expensive and inflexible. Recently, stories of the expense and potential abuse of guardianship for adults have found their way into the popular press. While most people …


Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Domestic Relations, Peter N. Swisher Jan 1987

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Domestic Relations, Peter N. Swisher

University of Richmond Law Review

The Virginia Premarital Agreement Act applies to any premarital agreement executed on or after July 1, 1986. The Act basically allows the parties prior to marriage to contract regarding: (1) the right to manage and control property, whenever and wherever acquired or located; (2) the disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, divorce, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event; (3) spousal support; (4) the making of a will, trust, or other agreement; (5) life insurance ownership rights; (6) the choice of law governing the agreement; and (7) "any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, …


Post-Parham Remedies: The Involuntary Commitment Of Minors In Virginia After Parham V. J.R., Willis J. Spaulding Jan 1979

Post-Parham Remedies: The Involuntary Commitment Of Minors In Virginia After Parham V. J.R., Willis J. Spaulding

University of Richmond Law Review

This case raises the most important question of every child's constitutional right to liberty, not only the liberty that includes freedom from bodily restraint [citation omitted], but also the liberty that includes the freedom of an ordinary, every-day child in these United States of America-the freedom to live with mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters in whatever the family abode may be; the freedom to be loved and to be spanked; the freedom to go in and oat the door, to run and play, to laugh and cry, to fight and fuss, to stand up and fall down, to play childish …


Alimony, Property Division, And The Modem-Day Wife, Harry L. Snead Jr. Jan 1961

Alimony, Property Division, And The Modem-Day Wife, Harry L. Snead Jr.

University of Richmond Law Review

Two Virginia cases prompt this note: In one the court was concerned with alimony and a working wife (Baytop v. Baytop) the other involved a property settlement between. a husband and a working wife who had used her inheritance to purchase real estate. (Smith v. Smith).