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Court of Appeals remands visitation dispute

June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Custody, Supreme Court of Virginia, Virginia Court of Appeals, Visitation

The legal wrangling over visitation for 7-year-old Isabella Miller continues.
Isabella was the child born to Lisa Miller in April 2002 after she and Janet Jenkins had entered into a civil union in Vermont.
Miller subsequently sought to have the union dissolved, and Jenkins was awarded visitation rights as part of the dissolution.
However, Miller moved to Virginia [...]

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Lesbian partners’ parental rights back before Supreme Court

September 19th, 2007 · No Comments · Supreme Court of Virginia, Visitation, lesbian

The Supreme Court of Virginia may yet reach the merits of the effort of a lesbian mother to sever the parental rights of her former partner.
“May” because attorneys for the partner, Janet Jenkins, contend that Virginia law bars consideration of issues in a second Virginia appeal that already were determined in an earlier appeal.
That appeal [...]

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No additional visitation to do more sports

March 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Court of Appeals, Domestic Relations, Visitation

A dad in Fairfax asked a judge to give him more visitation time with his sons. The reason? He wanted to maximize his participation in the social, recreational and sports groups of his sons, ages 9 and 11. The boys play football, baseball, basketball and soccer. Mom expressed concern, testifying that the dad put an [...]

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