According to the state of Virginia, 86 percent of all criminal activity is related to alcohol or drugs. As a result of that belief, the state has been working hard to reduce those behaviors since at least 1966, when the MANN Commission was formed to assess accepting...
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Bigamy voids a Virginia marriage, and it’s also a crime
Back in October, Virginia joined the several U.S. states in which same-sex marriage is legal, following a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of a lower court decision that overturned the state’s ban. Of course, same-sex couples looking to...
Planning summer parties? Do your part to prevent drunk driving
Virginia has some of the toughest DUI laws in the nation, including membership in a regional strike force that holds sobriety checkpoints every week. What we don't have in our drunk-driving laws is a process for holding alcohol providers financially responsible for...
Can a Virginian get a DUI conviction expunged from their record?
In this day and age, information regarding the law is incredibly abundant and available to anyone who knows how to find it. Unfortunately, sifting through what applies to your situation and what doesn't can be challenging, especially because laws can differ between...
Who can get an uncontested divorce in Virginia?
Divorce can be a contentious affair, in which the spouses battle in court over their marital property, spousal support, child support, custody and visitation. However, it does not have to be this way. Many married couples remain on good terms...
Learn your options after a DUI arrest in Virginia
All too often, we hear of people just pleading guilty to drunk driving charges. People falsely believe either that they have no other option or that a first time driving under the influence conviction is not a big deal. At , we are...
My license is suspended without an ignition interlock. What’s up?
Virginia has some of the toughest drunk driving laws in the nation, and that includes requiring even first-time DUI offenders to install a Breathalyzer-like device in their cars in order to keep driving. As you may know, even a first-time conviction for DUI in...
Man found to be the father of 1 twin, not the other
Virginia law presumes that the husband of a child’s mother is the child’s legal father. This means that if the mother is currently married or was married up to 10 months prior to the child’s birth, but another man is believed by one party to be the...
2 counts of DUI manslaughter = 24 years. Still ‘2 drunk 2 care’?
In the Internet Age, few events of any interest go unnoticed, and an unfortunate tweet can make you famous -- or infamous. Such was the case for a young woman who was arrested on suspicion of DUI in the aftermath of a head-on collision that killed two people. Earlier...
Could a passenger’s open container get you charged with DUI?
Yes. Under Virginia law, if a partially-consumed container of alcohol is found in the passenger area of your vehicle and you seem drunk to a cop, the law begins with the assumption that you're intoxicated. This is an aspect of Virginia's "open container" law, §...
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