Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

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

Where the court changed the permanency planning goals for appellant’s children from placement at home or with a relative to placement with a relative or adoption, this was in the children’s best interest. Overview Mother’s three children are 10, four ...

Tagged with: Family Law Judge Doris Henderson Causey Virginia Court of Appeals

Where mother agreed that father and the parties’ two children could temporarily move from Northern Virginia to Chesterfield County because of COVID-19 and school concerns, the trial court correctly ruled that this was not a material change in circumstances. As ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Lisa M. Lorish Virginia Court of Appeals

Where mother has argued on appeal that the circuit court incorrectly upheld the JDR court’s orders that increased father’s visitation and denied her motion that father have only supervised vitiation, she waived appeal of the increased visitation order by limiting ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary Bennett Malveaux Virginia Court of Appeals

Where wife received funds from husband’s family before the parties were married, the trial court erred by crediting those funds to husband as his separate property to determine his share of equity in the marital home. Issue and ruling “Code ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary Bennett Malveaux Virginia Court of Appeals

The circuit court correctly interpreted the parties’ prenuptial agreement regarding the disposition of certain property wife purchased from husband before they were married. However, the court incorrectly determined the amount of debt encumbering the property. Further, where the prenuptial agreement ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals

The circuit court’s division of husband’s military pension did not follow applicable federal law and this court’s precedent. Parties’ arguments “Wife argues that the circuit court failed to apply the correct law when issuing its order. We agree and reverse ...

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

Where the trial court determined that the parties’ prenuptial agreement was enforceable under the Premarital Agreement Act, the evidence supports the court’s findings that husband made a fair disclosure of assets and that wife was not coerced into signing the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals

The trial court lacked authority to order husband to name wife as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy because she was not a named beneficiary during the parties’ marriage. The court’s valuation and distribution of assets is affirmed. Background ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals