The DC Court of Appeals in ANGULO v. GOCHNAUER, deconstructed a divorce property settlement agreement as it related to the Foreign Service Act. Parties in advance of divorce, had reached a property settlement agreement that in general terms released one another from any future property claims with no specific mention of the statutory provisions of the Foreign Service Act. Specifically, parties had incorporated in a general release clause of the property settlement agreement that they desired: to settle all rights, interests and obligations between them and to obtain a full, complete and final property settlement and agreement, including a settlement
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Monthly Archives March 2021
WASHINGTON DC DIVORCE RESOUCES
RESOURCES: DISSIPATED AND SPENT MARTIAL PROPERTY STILL SUBJECT TO EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS COMMINGLED PROPERTY DEEMED TO BE A MARITAL PROPERTY EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY AFTER SEPARATION: WASHINGTON DC DIVORCE DIVISION OF PROPERTY AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT: DC DIVORCE DC DIVORCE DURING THE PANDEMIC : ABC7 INTERVIEW ENFORCEABILITY OF THE DC DIVORCE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS GRANT OF ATTORNEY’S FEES IN DC DIVORCE ACTION — DECONSTRUCTED DC DIVORCE RESIDENCY REQUIRMENTS DC DIVORCE NOTICE OF APPEAL & APPELLATE PROCEDURE DC DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP V. MARRIAGE WASHINGTON DC DIVORCE & SEPARATION DURING THE PANDEMIC LEGAL CRITERIA FOR PENDENTE LITE ALIMONY SAME SEX COMMON LAW MARRIAGE AND
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RIGHT TO TESTIFY | SELF DEFENSE
The DC Court of Appeals in Graves v. U.S., decided on February 25, 2021, addressed and analyzed the constitutional requirements of asserting a self-defense claim and the right to testify unhindered. Graves was arrested for theft and assault on a police officer as he attempted to leave a liquor store with a bottle unpaid. Defendant argued at trial that the officer had used excessive force in putting him on a choke hold and his fighting back was justified as self-defense to the excessive use of force. During trial, after reviewing the video footage, the trial Judge sue sponte: Foreclosed any
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