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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 was reenacted during the 1986 legislative session of the Virginia General Assembly and became law effective July 1, 1986.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Legal Issues Involving Children, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Legal Issues Involving Children, Robert E. Shepherd Jr.
University of Richmond Law Review
After unusual activity at both the federal and state levels in the previous year, this past year was a relatively uneventful one where the law of juvenile delinquency was concerned. The historic jail removal legislation enacted at the 1985 session of the Virginia General Assembly became fully effective on July 1, 1986. The provisions of this legislation severely limit the use of an adult jail for juvenile detention purposes and completely ban the dispositional use of such a facility for juveniles.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Property, W. Wade Berryhill
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Property, W. Wade Berryhill
University of Richmond Law Review
The 1986 General Assembly may be remembered as much for what it did not do as for what it did. Carried over into the next session was House Bill 810, which would have abolished dower and curtesy in favor of a statutory share for the surviving spouse in the deceased spouse's estate. Of course, passage of this bill would have ushered in significant change in the practice of decedents' estates. Significantly, passage of the bill also would have legislatively overruled recent judicial and legislative activity which has created the sole and separate estate, for both female and male, allowing circumvention …