Wife Due Fees Under Agreement 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 1, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge Robert J. Humphreys, Virginia Court of Appeals
On wife’s appeal, the Court of Appeals reverses and remands for the trial court to determine attorneys’ fees due wife under the parties’ property settlement agreement (PSA) incorporated in their final divorce decree; husband’s confusion about tax refunds due wife do not excuse attorneys’ fees due her under the PSA; his request for an offset [...]
Order Final without Attorneys’ Fees
By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 1, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge William G. Petty, Virginia Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals grants mother’s motion to dismiss father’s appeal of an order upholding a $62,096 child support arrearage; the circuit court order upholding the jurisdiction of the juvenile and domestic relations district (JDR) court was final even though the circuit court sent a separate letter directing the parties to brief attorneys’ fees and [...]
Jocks in the Courts
By Paul Fletcher
Published: April 9, 2012
Tags: Contract, Criminal, Domestic Relations, Fairfax County Circuit Court, Federal Courts, Supreme Court of Virginia News, Traffic Offenses, Virginia Court of Appeals News
Pro athletes make lots of money. Their lives are glamorous, if you read the tabloids. But superstars’ lives can be pretty messy, as messy as the lives of the mere mortals who are their fans. And sometimes those messes turn legal.
Look in this issue’s Verdicts & Settlements Reports and you’ll find a name usually associated [...]
Rights to Six Children Terminated
By Deborah Elkins
Published: April 6, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Per Curiam Opinion, Virginia Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s termination of mother’s rights to six of her children based on the earlier termination of her rights to another child and clear and convincing evidence the children’s best interests will be served; the record shows mother repeatedly failed over a two-year period to follow through on treatment [...]
Attorney’s Fees for Wife’s Appeal
By Deborah Elkins
Published: April 6, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge Walter S. Felton Jr., Virginia Court of Appeals
In wife’s appeal of a divorce decree finding her at fault for unjustified desertion, the Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s findings that wife deeded her interest in three lots to husband and separate classification of over half of a stipulated $308,500 value increase in husband’s separate business; the trial court considered the statutory [...]
Rights Terminated After Lengthy Foster Care
By Deborah Elkins
Published: April 6, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Per Curiam Opinion, Virginia Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals summarily affirms the trial court’s termination of mother’s rights to two children who have been in foster care for four years; mother failed to substantially remedy the conditions requiring foster care after her boyfriend’s release from custody and the children were negatively affected and need stability.
The local department of social services [...]
Prompt Wedding Benefitted Wife
By Deborah Elkins
Published: April 6, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Per Curiam Opinion, Virginia Court of Appeals
On wife’s appeal of the denial of spousal support and award of $70,527 in attorney’s fees to husband, the Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s enforcement of the parties’ prenuptial agreement as voluntarily entered and not unconscionable and remands to the trial court to determine husband’s reasonable attorney’s fees at trial and on appeal.
Husband [...]
Same-Sex Status Not Deterrent to Foster Custody
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge Chadwick S. Dotson, Virginia Circuit Courts, Wise County Circuit Court
Although petitioners, a committed lesbian couple, served as outstanding foster parents until recent events, the Wise County Circuit Court cannot disregard the recent founded complaint of abuse and two criminal charges arising from one petitioner’s corporal punishment of her partner’s eight-year-old son, and the court finds it’s in the best interests for the child to [...]
Parental Rights to Five Daughters Terminated
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge Larry G. Elder, Virginia Court of Appeals
In proceedings to terminate parents’ rights to five daughters who have been in foster care for seven years, the Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s findings that termination is justified by clear and convincing evidence of parental failure to meaningfully participate in individual therapy and of the best interests of the children, who all [...]
Husband Wins Remand on Prenup
By Deborah Elkins
Published: March 28, 2012
Tags: Domestic Relations, Judge Rosemarie Annunziata, Virginia Court of Appeals
On husband’s appeal of an equitable distribution award, a majority of the Court of Appeals affirms the trial court’s interpretation of the parties’ prenuptial agreement to classify jointly owned real estate as marital but reverses awarding wife any interest in that property or an investment account; husband’s other arguments are barred by procedural errors.
Husband and [...]
VLW Verdicts & Settlements
Refine your search for VLW Verdict & Settlement Reports or send us your case results for publication. Database search feature available to VLW subscribers only - login required.
Log in to search the V & S Database
Submit a Verdicts & Settlements Report
 |
GET THE VLW DAILY ALERT
The Daily Alert from Virginia Lawyers Weekly brings you the latest legal news every morning in your e-mail. You’ll get headline news, a link to the day’s Top Opinion and more!
Click here to sign up for the Alert
STAY CONNECTED WITH VLW
Stay up-to-date with the latest news and information from Virginia Lawyers Weekly by subscribing to our RSS feeds and visiting our social media pages.
