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Where a wife’s counsel withdrew prior to an equitable distribution hearing and the wife was given 11 months to retain new counsel before such hearing was held, the denial of her request for additional discovery, made more than six months ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a property settlement agreement provided that the wife was entitled to one-half of the monthly disability and retirement benefits her husband was receiving, and the amount of the husband’s monthly benefit increased after the divorce became final, the wife ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a marital separation agreement provided that a defaulting party was responsible for any costs, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees that the prevailing incurred in enforcing the provisions of the agreement, the court did not have discretion to ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rosemarie Annunziata Virginia Court of Appeals

The court will award defendant the sanction of a $4,000 attorney’s fee pursuant to Code § 8.01-271 after granting plaintiff’s motion to nonsuit. “Defendant’s motion for attorney’s fees … is granted. Defendant is awarded her reasonable attorney’s fees in the ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Fees Hanover County Circuit Court Judge J. Overton Harris Virginia Circuit Courts

Where the Virginia Employment Commission denied plaintiff unemployment benefits because her employer discharged her for doing inaccurate work, the case is remanded for further proceedings. It cannot be determined from the record whether plaintiff’s acts or omissions were a willful ...

Tagged with: Employment Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Gardiner Virginia Circuit Courts

Lehman v. Lehman, Record No. 1782-18-4, July 2, 2019. CAV (Annunziata), from Loudoun Cir. Ct. (Fleming). Robert L. Vaughn Jr. for Appellant. VLW 019-7-116. 6 pp. Unpublished. Full-Text Opinion

Jones v. Jones, Record No. 1950-18-4, July 2, 2019. CAV (Petty), from Fauquier Cir. Ct. (Parker). Ann M. Callaway for Appellant; T. Huntley Thorpe III for Appellee. VLW 019-7-115. 7 pp. Unpublished. Full-Text Opinion

Barker v. Barker, Record No. 0815-18-2, June 25, 2019. CAV (Per curiam), from Martinsville Cir. Ct. (Greer). Perry H. Harrold for Appellant; Monica Taylor Monday for Appellee. VLW 019-7-114. 7 pp. Unpublished. Full-Text Opinion

Young v. Commonwealth, Record No. 180515. (Court of Appeals) (Powell, majority opinion) (McCullough, dissenting in part and concurring in the result, joined by Mims); July 7, 2019. Catherine Marie French for Appellant; Christopher Paul Schandevel for the Commonwealth. VLW 019-6-045, ...

Re: Young, Adv. Proc. No. 18-07045, June 17, 2019. WDVA Bankr. at Roanoke (Black). VLW No. 019-4-019, 12 pp. Download Full-Text Opinion