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by hpressler

Frozen Embryos Spark Legal Battle: Patterson Prevails

A judge in Northern Virginia has ruled that embryos are not property subject to division, rejecting a prior court analysis that likened fertilized eggs to divisible “goods or chattel” under 19th-century slave law. Nearly 10 months after closing arguments, Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Dontaè L. Bugg issued an opinion dismissing cancer survivor Honeyhline Heidemann’s partition lawsuit against her...

by Carrie Patterson

We Need to Talk – It’s About Our Embryos

Written by Carrie Patterson and Madelyn Kessler There are currently over one million frozen embryos in the United States.  Who do they belong to?  Generally, when hopeful parents undergo IVF treatments, they are told that they should hope to create as many healthy embryos as possible. The more healthy embryos they create (the advice goes) the better their chances that their dreams of...

by hpressler

Patterson Bookwalter Named Best Lawyers in America

We are thrilled to announce that Patterson Bookwalter PLLC has been nominated as one of the Best Lawyers in America® The Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of clients and professional reference evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys, industry leader interviews, and review of additional firmographic highlights provided by...

by Violet Soliz

New Overage Law

Each year, the General Assembly of Virginia enacts new legislation that affects Virginia families. This year, House Bill 784 adds a new notice requirement to all child and spousal support orders that states whether there is a support overage as of the date of the support order. The legislation specifies that all orders for child and spousal support must contain a statement as to whether any...