Administrative denial of adoption subsidy overturned – Verdict for Plaintiffs 
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: December 3, 2012
Tags: Administrative, Augusta County Circuit Court, Judge Victor V. Ludwig
Plaintiffs were the foster parents/ prospective adoptive parents of an infant child that had been placed in their home by local DSS days after the child’s birth in April 2009. The birth parents’ parental rights were terminated in March 2010, nearly a year after placement of the child in plaintiff’s home. In July 2010, plaintiffs [...]
Family Gets Adoption Subsidy, Attorney’s Fees
By Deborah Elkins
Published: November 30, 2012
Tags: Administrative, Augusta County Circuit Court, Judge Victor V. Ludwig, Virginia Circuit Courts
An Augusta County Circuit Court overturns a state agency’s denial of an adoption assistance subsidy to a family that took in an infant, with the intent to adopt him, but who were stymied by the agency’s decision that the family could not seek a subsidy after the child became eligible for adoption because the child [...]
Rocket club challenging order barring launches
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: January 25, 2010
Tags: Augusta County Circuit Court
STUARTS DRAFT—A rocketry club says it’s been unfairly barred from holding launches on a farm in Augusta County but opponents say the blasts scare their livestock. The Valley Aerospace Team is challenging a September decision by the county Board of Zoning Appeals that denied it a permit to hold the launches. The decision followed opponents’ [...]
Civil Procedure – Recusal – Attorney Sanctions
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 18, 2010
Tags: Augusta County Circuit Court, Civil Procedure, Judge Victor V. Ludwig
Although an Augusta County Circuit Court has sanctioned a lawyer $2,000 under Va. Code § 8.01-271.1, the judge declines to recuse himself from the case at issue, finding that to do so would be shirking his judicial duties. I believe the lawyer in question would agree that all our contacts prior to Dec. 28, 2009, [...]
Attorneys – Sanctions Under Va. Statute – Tax Assessment Challenge
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 11, 2010
Tags: Attorneys, Augusta County Circuit Court, Judge Victor V. Ludwig
An Augusta County Circuit Court says a lawyer who misused legal process to challenge real estate tax assessments by suing local supervisors and the commissioner of revenue is sanctioned under Va. Code § 8.01-271.1, and must pay $2,000 for the county’s cost in defending against the frivolous litigation. In the first suit, plaintiff asked the [...]
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