PUBLISHED CASES
- 2010 Afghahi v. Ghafoorian: Dowry enforceable as Premarital Agreement
Trial Court ruled that husband pay 514 gold coins to wife pursuant to a premarital contract between the parties. - 2009 OVISSI v. SALEMI: Dowry is Sole and Separate Property of Wife
Post-separation, the Husband used a line of credit against a marital residence and paid the Wife’s dowry of $60,000.00. In accounting for the use of the line of credit…
UNPUBLISHED CASES
- 2023: Unvalued Dowry Has No Effect on Spousal Support (UNPUBLISHED*)
During cross-examination, the wife admitted that she had a dowry of five hundred gold coins in Iran and that she had started the process to recover her dowry…
[*UNPUBLISHED: “Although not binding precedent, unpublished opinions can be cited and considered for their persuasive value.” Blowe v. Commonwealth, 72 Va. App. 457, 468 n.10 C2020} (quoting Otey v. Commonwealth, 61 Va. App. 346, 350 n.3 (2012)).]