Do both parties have to sign divorce papers in Virginia?

Do both parties have to sign divorce papers in Virginia?

Your divorce cannot proceed until you inform the right Virginia court (usually, the one in the county or city of your legal residence) that you want a divorce. Your wife will be served divorce papers. She does not have to sign for them (a process server is not the UPS guy).

What is considered legally separated in Virginia?

To be legally separated, the state of Virginia does not require any paperwork nor is there anything filed with a Court to be considered “legally separated”. All that is required is to be living separate and apart and that one of the spouses intends to end the marriage.

What percentage of couples stay together after one cheats?

That might mean more couples are overcoming it when it happens. Marriage and family therapist Gabrielle Applebury wrote that “adultery is no longer a deal breaker in many marriages,” and that “70 percent of couples actually stay together after an affair is discovered.”