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Can a divorced lawyer husband reduce spousal support in Virginia to his ex-wife upon his self-employment?

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Can a divorced lawyer husband reduce spousal support in Virginia to his ex-wife upon his self-employment?

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In the unpublished case of Amberly v. Amberly, Record No. 1783-09-4, (Va. App., February 2, 2010, the Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the trial court judge denial of the attorney husband’s motion to modify support and award to wife of her attorney’s fees. http://www.courts.state.va.us/opinions/opncavwp/1783094.pdf . Husband was an attorney working in trademark and patent litigation, making approximately $100,000 a year. When the husband and wife divorced in Virginia, the divorce court judge ordered husband to pay $2,200 a month in spousal support to wife for fifteen years. Husband was concerned about losing his job and starting looking for employment. When husband could not find a job, he started his own firm as a self-employed attorney-at-law. The lawyer husband filed a motion in the Virginia Circuit Court to modify his spousal support obligation due to his self-employment. During the three and a half months prior to the hearing on modifying support, husband earned approximately $1,3

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