The following can be used with a Bootstrap 3 Horizontal Form.
jQuery.validator.setDefaults({
debug: true,
errorClass: 'has-error',
validClass: 'has-success',
ignore: "",
highlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass) {
$(element).closest('.form-group').removeClass('has-success').addClass('has-error');
},
unhighlight: function (element, errorClass, validClass)