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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I recall from my law school days, it's actually 6 months in Virginia for cause and 1 year for no cause to get a divorce.  Because of the abuse, you could get the divorce finalized in 6 months.  You should look into these resources posted above, or contact local law schools (George Mason, George Washington, American, Catholic, Georgetown) and ask if they have any legal clinics.  They may be able to provide low-cost resources for you to start thinking about your options. [/quote]

Nope, not at all.  There is NO WAITING PERIOD in VA to file for an at fault divorce.  These divorces can often take longer and cost exorbitant amounts of money. My no fault divorce just cost me about $3K for zero issues. We agreed on everything. Took exactly 13 months. When I consulted about filing for cause the attorney's asked for a $7K retainer to begin and advised that it had a high burden of proof and could take longer than the 13 months I would be looking at for no fault. [/quote]

The 6-month and 12-month waiting periods are both for no-fault divorces. If you have no kids, it's 6-months; with kids, it's 12 months. Also, not all fault-based divorces get you out of the waiting period. Adultery does, but requires a tremendous amount of proof, and there are a whole bunch of defenses that can be used to defeat it (e.g., if you slept with your spouse after learning about the affair, even just once, you may be deemed to have condoned the adultery and can no longer use it as a cause for divorce). Cruelty and desertion still require a one-year waiting period from the desertion/incident of cruelty. [/quote]

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