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Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Property, W. Wade Berryhill
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Property, W. Wade Berryhill
University of Richmond Law Review
This year, the courts decided many property law issues of interest to the general practitioner. Section I discusses cases from the federal district and circuit courts, as well as the Virginia Supreme Court and the Virginia Court of Appeals. The 1987 session of the General Assembly resulted in several changes affecting property laws in Virginia. Section II lists the most significant statutes.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Domestic Relations, Peter N. Swisher
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, …
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Business And Corporate Law, David R. Ruby
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Business And Corporate Law, David R. Ruby
University of Richmond Law Review
This article reviews recent developments in the law affecting Virginia businesses and corporations. Part I covers judicial developments, including: (1) the United States Supreme Court's upholding of the validity of an Indiana anti-takeover statute, similar to Virginia's affiliated transactions provisions; (2) the Virginia Supreme Court's ruling that the providing of day care in one's home constitutes a "business pursuit" within the meaning of a standard exclusionary clause found in homeowners' insurance policies; and (3) in what appears to be a case of first impression before any Virginia court, a Virginia circuit court's invalidation of a stock option granted by the …
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Wills, Trusts, And Estates, J. Rodney Johnson
University of Richmond Law Review
The 1987 session of the General Assembly enacted legislation dealing with wills, trusts and estates that amended fourteen sections and added three new sections to the Code of Virginia (the "Code"). In addition to this legislation, there were five cases from the Virginia Supreme Court during the past year that involved issues of interest to both the general practitioner and the specialist in wills, trusts, and estates. This article reviews all of these legislative and judicial developments. In order to facilitate the discussion of numerous Code sections, they will be referred to in the text by their section numbers only …