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The Council of the VBA Domestic Relations Section would like to welcome you to our Section webpage.

The overall goal of our Section is to maintain and improve effective activity in promoting policy, legislation and awareness in the family law area, and in fostering quality among the family law bar. I am confident that you will find your Section membership to be valuable, both in terms of professional development and the nurturing of personal relationships with other family law practitioners in Virginia.

Our Section reviews, comments upon and, in appropriate circumstances, participates directly in the legislative and regulatory process on matters of professional interest to our members. Each year, the Section distributes a legislative summary to the membership immediately following the session of the Virginia General Assembly. A copy of the most recent summary was mailed to you earlier this year.

Several years ago, our Section formed the VBA Coalition on Family Law Legislation, a group comprised of representatives from Virginia bar associations (state and local) and other law related organizations that have a shared goal of educating the General Assembly to promote the enactment of well-crafted family law legislation. The Coalition, co-chaired by Betty A. Thompson and Glenn C. Lewis, is unique in that it offers the legislature the consolidated views of family law practitioners across the Commonwealth. The effectiveness of this approach has been clear in recent sessions of the General Assembly and is a growing success story.

Our Section also typically sponsors advanced CLE programs at the annual winter and summer meetings of the Association, sometimes in cooperation with other substantive law sections, on pertinent topics. The networking opportunities for Section members have proven particularly worthwhile over the years as well.

For the past several years, our Section has annually sponsored an edition of the VBA News Journal and submission of potential articles from Section members is always encouraged.

We welcome your involvement in the Domestic Relations Section. Please contact any member of the Section Council if you wish to participate as a speaker in a CLE program, contribute an article to the VBA News Journal, become a more active Section member, or with any questions, comments or suggestions for future Section activities. A listing of the Section's Council can be found on this website.

Thank you for being a member of the Domestic Relations Section; we look forward to working with you in our common quest to improve family law in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Helpful Links for Domestic Relations/Family Law Information

Divorce
Children and Divorce — http://www.vsb.org/publications/brochure/childdiv.html
Divorce in Virginia — http://www.vsb.org/publications/brochure/divorce.html
Military Divorce Online — http://www.militarydivorceonline.com/usfspa.html
Spare the Child — http://www.vsb.org/publications/brochure/spare.pdf

Domestic Violence
Domestic Relations Pamphlet — http://www.mrwba.org/pdf_files/2002domesticrelationspamphlet.pdf

Federal Law/Information:
Bureau of Labor Statistics — http://stats.bls.gov/
Employee Benefits Security Administration — http://www.efast.dol.gov/ebsa/Publications/qdros.html
IRS Forms — http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/formspubs/index.html
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation — http://www.pbgc.gov/
Social Security Online — http://www.ssa.gov/
United States Code — http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
United States Postal Service — http://www.usps.com/
United States Tax Code — http://www.fourmilab.ch/ustax/ustax.html

Parenting Resources
Putting Kids First — http://www.puttingkidsfirst.org/
The Working Parents Handbook - A Guide to the Legal and Practical Aspects of Child Care in Virginia

State Law/Information — Nationwide
American Bar Association Legal Technology Resource Center — http://www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/lawlink/home.html
Divorce Net — http://www.divorcenet.com/
Divorce Online — http://www.divorceonline.com/
State Statutes/Constitutions — http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.htm
Wiretapping Laws — http://www.rcfp.org/taping/

State Law Information — Virginia
Department of Social Services — http://www.dss.state.va.us/division/dcse/index.html
Supreme Court of Virginia — http://www.courts.state.va.us/scv/schedule.html
Virginia Circuit Court Forms — http://www.courts.state.va.us/forms/circuit/home.html
Virginia Court of Appeals — http://www.courts.state.va.us/coa/coa.htm
Virginia General Assembly — http://legis.state.va.us/Laws/CodeofVa.htm
Virginia State Bar — www.vsb.org
Family Law Section of the Virginia State Bar — http://www.vsb.org/sections/fa/index.html

National Organizations
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers — http://www.aaml.org/
American Bar Association — http://www.abanet.org/index.cfm
American Bar Association Family Law Section — http://www.abanet.org/family/home.html
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals — http://www.collaborativepractice.com/

Valuation Resources
Automobiles
Edmunds — http://www.edmunds.com/
Kelley Blue Book — http://www.kbb.com/
NADA — http://www.nadaguides.com/autohome2.aspx?Lnk=1&wSec=10&wPr=0&wPg=2111
Stock Options
http://www.mystockoptions.com/

The information you obtain at this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation.