Legal Opinion
Wells v. Weston
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 8, 1985No. Record 820677PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
In this appeal, we review the ruling of the trial court that a provision for spousal support contained in a property settlement agreement between a wife and husband and also included in a decree awarding the wife a divorce from bed and board was void and unenforceable.
Rebecca J. Weston, now Rebecca J. Wells (Rebecca), and William J. Weston (William), then her husband, executed a property settlement agreement dated August 22, 1974, which contained the following provision:(2) Husband shall pay to Wife the sum of $500.00 per month as alimony so long as Wife shall live. Such payments shall be…
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- McAfee v. BrewerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
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