Crouch & Crouch
Firm Overview
Some typical family law matters the firm handles are: divorce; separation
agreements; collaborative law; child support; alimony/spousal support; child
custody; visitation; child abduction; enforcement; divorce-related land deeds;
pension division; premarital agreements; and stepparent adoptions.
Both of our attorneys have particular expertise in dealing with international
and inter-state cases; military families; international organization employees;
government employees; and especially State Department/Foreign Service employees.
In addition, Richard Crouch practices Legal Ethics and Legal Malpractice law,
acting in such cases as an attorney, an expert witness, and an advocate in
disciplinary hearings. John Crouch practices Collaborative Family Law, and also
does wills and estate planning.
2111 Wilson Blvd., Suite 950
Arlington
VA
22201
- 703-528-6700
- 703-522-9107
Richard Crouch
Richard Crouch
Graduated from Marshall-Wythe Law School at the College of William and Mary
in 1964.
Current activities/positions:
- Editor, Virginia State Bar Family Law News
- Neutral Case Evaluator, Fairfax Circuit Court
- Virginia Reporter, American Bar Association "Family Law in the Fifty States"
annual report
Former activities/positions:
- Managing Editor, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Family Law Reporter
- Chair, Virginia State Bar 10th District Lawyer Disciplinary Committee
- Captain, U. S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps
- Co-Chair, American Bar Association Child Custody Committee
- Member, American Bar Association Family Law Section Task Force on Federal
Legislation - Member of several other state, local and nationwide bar committees
- Key drafter of American Bar Association proposed ethics code for
mediators - Articles Editor, William and Mary Law Review
Author:
- Interstate Custody Litigation
- Family Law Checklists
- The Legal Status of Homemakers in Virginia
- Many articles
Member of:
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- International Society of Family Law
- American Bar Association
- National Lawyers Association
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Arlington County Bar Association
- Fairfax Bar County Association
- Virginia State Bar
- Federal bar for the Eastern District of Virginia; United States Supreme
Court; Courts of Appeals for Fourth Circuit and District of Columbia; Court of
Military Appeals.
John Crouch
Graduated from Marshall-Wythe Law School at the College of William and Mary
in 1995.
Current activities/positions:
- Treasurer, Collaborative Family Law Society
- Member of American Bar Association Family Law Section Committees on:
International Law; Legislation; and Child Custody Pro Bono Project Advisory
Committee - Member of Task Force on Marriage
Former activities/positions:
- Chaired committee that drafted American Bar Association Standards for Child
Representation in Custody Cases - Chair, Arlington County Bar Association Family Law Section
- Co-Chair, American Bar Association Child Custody Committee
- Court-Appointed Special Advocate, Newport News Juvenile Court
- American Bar Association Family Law Section Continuing Legal Education
Committee - Arlington County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee;
Lawyer Referral Service Committee - Legal columnist and production editor for "Amicus Curiae" (a law school
newspaper). - Internships with: Staff Counsel, Virginia Court of Appeals; Public Defender,
Loudoun and Fauquier Counties - National Park Ranger
Author:
- "International Family Law", chapter in 2002 Family Law Update, Aspen Law
& Business Publications - "The Child's Attorney", in ABA Family Advocate, 2004.
- "Adoption in the 21st Century", in ABA Family Advocate, 2002.
- "International Child Custody Litigation", in The Complete Lawyer, 1999.
- Many other articles
Member of:
- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
- International Society of Family Law
- Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
- National Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- Federalist Society
- Arlington County Bar Association
- Virginia State Bar
- Virginia State Bar/Virginia Bar Association Joint Committee on Alternative
Dispute Resolution - Federal bar for the Eastern District of Virginia
Articles Written
Division of Marital Property in Virginia
Created On: 01/21/2009
Equitable Distribution of Property
The goal of Virginia's system of property division, known as "equitable distribution," is to divide divorcing couples’ marital assets equitably (fairly), giving due consideration to both their monetary and nonmonetary contributions to the acquisition of property and the marriage.
Virginia Divorce Law
Created On: 01/21/2009
Divorce, custody, child support and alimony are matters of state law. In a divorce, issues of property division, child support, child custody, and alimony are decided by the judge in a trial, or agreed on by the parties in a Separation Agreement, which can be negotiated by their lawyers or in mediation.