Divorce Law And Determining Property
Recently, a Fairfax County Circuit Judge–Richard Gardiner–came under heat for determining that frozen human embryos should be considered property in a divorce. His claim is based on a 19th-century law that determined how slave owners should treat their slaves and whether humans could own other humans. In using this ruling, many people have slammed the judge for failing to use modern laws to solve a problem between a divorcing couple and instead propelling Virginians back…