Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

Where the circuit court denied father’s motion to modify his child support obligations and custody arrangements, none of father’s assignments of error warrant reversal. Statement of case Father is proceeding pro se on appeal. “In his ten assignments of error, ...

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

Appellant’s challenge of a $129,000 judgment for spousal-support arrearages cannot be considered on appeal because he did not file a transcript of the hearing or a written statement of facts. Dispositive issue Appellant argues that the trial court erred by ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Virginia Court of Appeals

The commissioner of accounts properly held a hearing regarding a conservator’s accounting of the decedent’s estate, even though the information prompting the hearing came from a disinterested party. Background Kishna Minor was appointed conservator of Eric Witt Wilder, her incapacitated ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Robert J. Smith Virginia Circuit Courts Wills & Trusts

Where the trial court did not incorporate the parties’ property settlement agreement into the divorce decree, and denied husband’s motion to reconsider, the denial was an interlocutory order that cannot be appealed. The appeal is dismissed for lack of subject ...

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

Neither the Virginia Uniform Arbitration Act nor the Federal Arbitration Act compel arbitration of the parties’ trust dispute. Both statutes provide for arbitration of contracts. A trust is not a contract. Moreover, a trust beneficiary is not a party to ...

Tagged with: Justice Stephen R. McCullough Supreme Court of Virginia Wills & Trusts

“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: Domestic Relations Supreme Court of Virginia

The trial court had jurisdiction to terminate appellant’s parental rights even though an abuse or neglect determination involving the same parent and children was on appeal. Background Appellant Simms is the mother of prematurely born twins. Mother did not have ...

Tagged with: Family Law Judge Lisa M. Lorish Virginia Court of Appeals

Where wife alleged in her complaint that she sought a divorce due to husband’s adultery and abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs but later agreed to a no-fault divorce, husband’s conduct may still be taken into consideration for purposes of ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge David W. Lannetti Virginia Circuit Courts

Even though wife did not put her income and expense report into evidence, she established a need for spousal support through her testimony, which the court found credible. Overview Husband was in the military. He was relocated several times during ...

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

Where the trial court gave father the power to decide whether to expand mother’s visitation with the parties’ children, this was an improper delegation of judicial power. Background The parties’ final divorce order provided that father would have sole physical ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Frank K. Friedman Virginia Court of Appeals