BARROW, Judge.
This domestic relations appeal questions the limits of a trial court's authority to make a lump sum award of spousal support. We hold that Code § 20-107.1 does not authorize the trial court to make a lump sum award of spousal support based only on evidence of the value of the separate property of the other spouse.
At the center of this controversy is a house purchased by the husband prior to the parties' marriage. The house was in poor...
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