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Background
At the time of filing the petition in the instant case,
petitioner resided in Chesapeake, Virginia. Petitioner and his
former spouse were under an order pendente lite of the Circuit
Court of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia (divorce court), from
February 2, 2000, until the final divorce decree was issued on
March 22, 2002. The order pendente lite provided, inter alia, as
follows:
2. That William Edmund Johnson, the defendant,
[petitioner] shall pay the sum of $250.00 to the
plaintiff [his former spouse], commencing February 1,
2000, and continuing in a like sum on the first and
fifteenth of each month thereafter, as temporary child
support, the total sum being $500.00 per month.
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4. That the defendant shall have exclusive possession
of the marital premises * * * during the pendency of
this cause and the defendant shall be responsible for
all mortgage payments due on said premises during the
pendency of this cause.
5. That plaintiff and defendant be and each hereby are
restrained from selling, conveying, transferring,
mortgaging or otherwise disposing of any of their
property without further order of this Court in order
that said property may be forthcoming to meet any
decree which the court may enter herein.
The order pendente lite further ordered: “Temporary spousal
support is reserved”, and that “Defendant shall continue existing
medical insurance coverage.”
Pursuant to a divorce decree entered March 22, 2002 (divorce
decree), petitioner was ordered to pay $360 per month in child
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