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Road & Bridge Tolls: Virginia Lawmakers Declare War on the Working Poor – Part One
In my practice I have seen clients that owe tens of thousands of dollars in road and bridge tolls. In most cases, they have traveled across one or more of Hampton Road's toll bridges and failed to pay the tolls, administrative fees and penalties. It has been reported...
Virginia Passes New Firearms Laws That Prohibit the Possession of a Firearm While Subject to a Protective Order
On July 1, 2016 House Bill 1391 (Virginia Code section 18.8-308.1:4) became law, making it a class six felony to possess a firearm while subject to a protective order. If convicted of possessing a firearm while subject to a protective order, you could face up to five...
Congressional Term Limits
I don’t often write on political matters – however, in honor of this historic Presidential election, I will make an exception. Term limits have been around for over a thousand years and are found in governments around the world. In 1951 the USA amended its...
Misconceptions People Have About Virginia Child Support Hearings
By: Attorney Daniel I. Miller - John W. Lee, P.C. Throughout my family law practice, I have handled thousands of Virginia child support cases and have consistently noticed several common misconceptions my clients have about what factors actually matter in a support...
Can a Debtor Appeal an Order Denying Confirmation of His Chapter 13 Plan?
Chapter 13 bankruptcy allows a debtor with a regular income avoid a portion of his debts by making a monthly payment to a Chapter 13 Trustee for a period of years. The debtor will file a chapter 13 plan that proposes how he will pay back his creditors and how those...
Funding Status For a Chapter 7 Conversion
What Happens to Funds Being Held By a Chapter 13 Trustee When the Debtor Files a Voluntary Conversion to Chapter 7? Many Chapter 13 bankruptcies fail to complete, often times because the debtor’s situation changes not allowing him to continue making plan payments....
Removing a Second Lien Mortgage from Bankruptcy
When Can a Debtor Remove or Strip a Second Lien from Their Home? In many cases a debtor will have more than one mortgage lien on their real property. These second mortgages come in the form of second deed-of-trusts, equity lines, and home improvement loans....
Financial Wisdom Part 4: Your Credit Report
By John Lee There thousands of books and articles written about how to be financially successful. Some of these books are written for rich people that already have money, and some of them are written to folks that need to feel good about themselves and what they are...
Financial Wisdom Part 3: Don’t Buy These Items on Credit
By John Lee There's thousands of books and articles written about how to be financially successful. Some of these books are written for rich people that already have money, and some of them are written to folks that need to feel good about themselves and what they are...
Financial Wisdom Part 2: Unsecured Debt
By John Lee There thousands of books and articles written about how to be financially successful. Some of these books are written for rich people that already have money, and some of them are written to folks that need to feel good about themselves and what they are...
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Road & Bridge Tolls: Virginia Lawmakers Declare War on the Working Poor – Part One
In my practice I have seen clients that owe tens of thousands of dollars in road and bridge tolls. In most cases, they have traveled across one or more of Hampton Road's toll bridges and failed to pay the tolls, administrative fees and penalties. It has been reported...
Virginia Passes New Firearms Laws That Prohibit the Possession of a Firearm While Subject to a Protective Order
On July 1, 2016 House Bill 1391 (Virginia Code section 18.8-308.1:4) became law, making it a class six felony to possess a firearm while subject to a protective order. If convicted of possessing a firearm while subject to a protective order, you could face up to five...
Congressional Term Limits
I don’t often write on political matters – however, in honor of this historic Presidential election, I will make an exception. Term limits have been around for over a thousand years and are found in governments around the world. In 1951 the USA amended its...
Misconceptions People Have About Virginia Child Support Hearings
By: Attorney Daniel I. Miller - John W. Lee, P.C. Throughout my family law practice, I have handled thousands of Virginia child support cases and have consistently noticed several common misconceptions my clients have about what factors actually matter in a support...
Can a Debtor Appeal an Order Denying Confirmation of His Chapter 13 Plan?
Chapter 13 bankruptcy allows a debtor with a regular income avoid a portion of his debts by making a monthly payment to a Chapter 13 Trustee for a period of years. The debtor will file a chapter 13 plan that proposes how he will pay back his creditors and how those...
Funding Status For a Chapter 7 Conversion
What Happens to Funds Being Held By a Chapter 13 Trustee When the Debtor Files a Voluntary Conversion to Chapter 7? Many Chapter 13 bankruptcies fail to complete, often times because the debtor’s situation changes not allowing him to continue making plan payments....
Removing a Second Lien Mortgage from Bankruptcy
When Can a Debtor Remove or Strip a Second Lien from Their Home? In many cases a debtor will have more than one mortgage lien on their real property. These second mortgages come in the form of second deed-of-trusts, equity lines, and home improvement loans....
Financial Wisdom Part 4: Your Credit Report
By John Lee There thousands of books and articles written about how to be financially successful. Some of these books are written for rich people that already have money, and some of them are written to folks that need to feel good about themselves and what they are...
Financial Wisdom Part 3: Don’t Buy These Items on Credit
By John Lee There's thousands of books and articles written about how to be financially successful. Some of these books are written for rich people that already have money, and some of them are written to folks that need to feel good about themselves and what they are...
Financial Wisdom Part 2: Unsecured Debt
By John Lee There thousands of books and articles written about how to be financially successful. Some of these books are written for rich people that already have money, and some of them are written to folks that need to feel good about themselves and what they are...