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Adultery counts in determining spousal support, Virginia appeals court rules - WTOP News
Even if it’s not the cause of a divorce, the Court of Appeals of Virginia says a judge should consider a spouse’s infidelity in determining spousal support.
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When Julia Karabaic-Chaney filed for divorce from Jacob Chaney in September 2017 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, he never raised the issue of his wife’s alleged adultery during their marriage.
So, his wife filed and was granted a motion to exclude all evidence of an extramarital affair “for any purpose at any deposition, hearing[,] or trial.”
Karabaic-Chaney was granted a divorce, an equitable distribution of property, and Chaney was ordered to pay child support and wife spousal support “in the amount of $45,000 payable over five years in monthly installments of $750 per month.”
But the husband appealed, saying the judge should have taken her adultery into consideration in determining whether she was entitled to spousal support — and the Court of Appeals of Virginia agreed.
the lower court ruled that it didn't count?!
I would have thought duh.. of course adultery counts in determining spousal support
