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Although mother contends the court failed to give appropriate weight to the substantial progress mother made in remedying the conditions that led to removal of her children, the Court of Appeals upholds termination of parental rights for a mother who ...

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A father’s gross income for child support calculation should include “phantom income” he received as part of a $900,000 retention bonus, provided by employer in 2007 as a loan that is forgiven in one-ninth increments annually, a Fairfax Circuit Court ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Bruce D. White Virginia Circuit Courts

The Court of Appeals upholds termination of father’s parental rights to a child who suffered from medical neglect after being born prematurely at 29 weeks, as the father showed little to no ability to respond to the child’s needs. The ...

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Although appellant is incarcerated, the circuit court did not err in failing to appoint a guardian ad litem for him, as he was not a defendant in this child support action but filed the action for a reduction in his ...

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A divorce court erred in admitting parol evidence to interpret the parties’ property settlement agreement, and the Court of Appeals reverses a decision involving distribution of husband’s funds under the Federal Employees Retirement System and Thrift Savings Plan. Husband’s first ...

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

The Court of Appeals affirms termination of father’s parental rights to a child born shortly after his parental rights to another child were involuntarily terminated, based on the father’s inability to care for the infant or to identify a relative ...

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After several relatives proved unable to care for mother’s infant daughter born while mother was incarcerated, and mother appeared unable to care for the daughter or her three older children upon mother’s projected release from incarceration, the Court of Appeals ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termination of the parental rights of a mother whose two small children were removed from her custody when the mother tested positive for methamphetamine after she had removed the children from the home of their ...

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A mother who obtained two protective orders against father and later said she lied about everything in order to get mental health treatment for father has her parental rights to their daughter terminated, in a decision upheld by the Court ...

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Due to the mother’s failure to comply with Rules 5A:18 and 5A:20, the Court of Appeals will not consider her challenge to the trial court’s award of sole legal and physical custody of her child to the child’s stepmother, who ...

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