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Brown v. Brown

Citations

  • 361 S.E.2d 364
  • 5 Va. App. 238
  • 4 Va. Law Rep. 948
  • 1987 Va. App. LEXIS 237

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  • holding that, having informed the trial court at a hearing that she was not requesting spousal support, the wife waived her right to subsequently receive any such support
  • holding that the wife’s counsel’s statement to the trial court that the wife was “not seeking spousal support” and the wife’s reiteration of that position “[d]uring her testimony” constituted a waiver of the wife’s right to any spousal support
  • holding that the wife’s counsel’s statement to the trial court that the wife was “not seeking spousal support” and the wife’s reiteration of that position from the witness stand constituted a waiver of the wife’s right to any spousal support
  • trial judge’s treatment of husband’s interest in farm as part marital, part separate constituted reversible error
  • husband’s interest in farm could not be classified as part marital, part separate
  • referring to a spousal support award as alimony

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Judges: Keenan

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