Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

Where wife obtained a protective order after husband assaulted her, this did not amount to her deserting him for purposes of determining a spousal support award. Protective order “Husband contends that the circuit court erred in granting wife’s motion to ...

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

Where husband’s fourth lawyer withdrew from representation on the morning of trial, the circuit court correctly denied husband’s motion for a continuance. Further, the court’s rulings regarding the equitable distribution and child support credits are affirmed. Continuance “Husband argues that ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Virginia Court of Appeals

Where the parties’ separation agreement required husband to remove wife’s name from certain real estate and list the property for sale, the trial court properly found him in contempt when he failed to do so. Overview “Wife alleged that husband ...

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

Where a court order provided that father could not seek a modification of his child support obligation until he became current on his payments, the order is void ab initio because it “diminishes the court’s power to decree support[.]” Voidness ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Farifax County Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Gardiner Virginia Circuit Courts

Where the father agreed in a separation and property settlement agreement, or PSA, that the mother had sole legal custody of the children, he could not show her removing them to the United States was in violation of his custody ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Domestic Relations

Where appellant left her child in appellees’ care to prevent the child’s placement in foster care, this was not a parental placement adoption. As such, and because appellant did not consent to adoption, the JDR court did not have jurisdiction ...

Tagged with: Family Law Virginia Court of Appeals

“Upon consideration of the record, briefs, and argument of counsel, the Court is of the opinion that there is no reversible error in the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Accordingly, the Court affirms the judgment of the Court of ...

Tagged with: Family Law Supreme Court of Virginia

Where the circuit court conducted a divorce trial even though wife notified the court that she had a possible COVID-19 exposure and had a fever, the court abused its discretion by not granting her a continuance. Moreover, the lack of ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Where there were no life insurance policies naming wife as beneficiary when the court issued the final divorce decree, the court incorrectly ordered husband to obtain a new $100,000 policy for wife’s benefit. No statutory authority “A ‘court may order ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Marla Graff Decker Virginia Court of Appeals

The circuit court correctly concluded that it lacked power to grant equitable relief despite appellant’s pleading that the separation agreement was unconscionable and procured by fraud. Background Stephanie Shobe filed for divorce after a 10-year marriage to Steve Gilman, the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals