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Reunification with their mother was not shown to be in the best interests of the children where the children were thriving in their new placements with close relatives and the mother had not demonstrated that she understood the seriousness of ...

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

The trial court did not err in terminating a father’s parental rights where the record showed he was incarcerated during most of his daughter’s time in foster care, he only made contact once when he was out of jail, he ...

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

The JDR court’s order terminating the parents’ responsibility for child support while their son was in foster care did not eliminate their responsibility to pay for the costs incurred while their son was in the legal custody of the Department ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Glen A. Huff Virginia Court of Appeals

The trial court was not required to “equalize” the distribution of the assets or division of debts between the parties. Background Husband and wife were married on May 29, 1993, and separated on Sept. 1, 2014. On June 8, 2016, ...

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

Although the trial court erred in admitting psychological records about the mother’s condition at the time she was committed, the error was harmless because it did not go to the critical issue: the mother’s condition at the time of the ...

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

The trial court did not err in terminating a father’s parental rights where the record showed he was incarcerated during most of his daughter’s time in foster care, he only made contact once when he was out of jail, he ...

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

The trial court enforced the parties’ separation agreement, which provided for monthly spousal support payments to end if the former wife entered into a long-term relationship. The appellate court rejected her appeal of the termination, finding that the two arguments ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Glen A. Huff Virginia Court of Appeals

A husband challenging the designation as wholly marital property a home that was retitled during the marriage failed to present evidence relating to value, equity and cost of repairs in order to determine the precise amount he separately contributed. Given ...

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

A mother’s petition to change her minor child’s name by replacing her maiden name with the stepfather’s surname, while retaining the natural father’s surname, is approved. The change serves the child’s best interests because she is in therapy to deal ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard Virginia Circuit Courts

Where a husband purchased a home in Washington state with his former high-school girlfriend in March 2016, which was several months before he left the marital residence in July 2016, the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in granting ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge James W. Haley Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals