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    November 02, 2006

    Single Act of Great Cruelty Sufficient to Grant Divorce

    In the case of Kennedy v. Kennedy, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a husband's single act of physical violence against wife constituted cruelty.  Husband picked up wife and threw her across the bed, injuring her neck, her shoulder, and fracturing her jaw.

    Posted by on November 02, 2006 at 08:47 AM in Cruelty and Reasonable Apprehension of Harm, Domestic Violence |

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    Important Laws Affecting Family Law Matters

    • Virginia Code Section 20-107.3
      This provision of Virginia law governs the manner and rules for dividing martial property upon divorce.
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