Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

The Court of Appeals upholds an award of sole custody of the parties’ two daughters to mother and order that the father, who is accused of sexually molesting the children, have no contact with them unless approved by the children’s ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Virginia Court of Appeals

In this dispute over an investment account remanded from the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Court of Appeals affirms classification of the increase in account value as marital property, but remands the case to the trial court to determine whether ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Stephen R. McCullough Virginia Court of Appeals

Although a U.S. Navy officer father previously had been posted to Bahrain, his current orders to the Virginia Beach area allowed him to have his family with him, so the Virginia Military Parents Equal Protection Act did not apply to ...

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

A father who alleges his wife has wrongfully kept their two daughters in the U.S. where she is staying with a boyfriend instead of returning the daughters to El Salvador where the family lived and the daughters attended school, wins ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

The Court of Appeals affirms a trial court order finding that appellant’s two minor sons are children in need of services (CHINS), based on alleged physical and mental abuse, based on appellant’s loud and violent behavior and the children’s reported ...

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

A husband who was incarcerated in Virginia throughout his marriage to wife, a Maryland resident, loses his appeal of denial of his petition for separate maintenance; the Court of Appeals affirms the trial court decision that it did not have ...

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

The Court of Appeals reverses an order terminating a mother’s parental rights to her two children because the circuit court erred in finding the mother, who was incarcerated, received proper notice of the circuit court hearing. We conclude that, absent ...

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

A trial court did not abuse its discretion in awarding sole custody to mother and denying visitation to father for now, based on his verbal abuse of the daughter and the mother’s and child’s fear of the father; the Court ...

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

Although wife and her boyfriend testified that they traveled together and frequently shared a bed while at each other’s homes, the trial court found they were credible in testifying that they maintained a dating relationship without sexual intimacy, and the ...

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

A circuit court could not award child support arrearage under a pendente lite award retroactive to the period after the 2007 dismissal of wife’s 2002 divorce action under Va. Code § 8.01-335(B); the Court of Appeals reverses the support award ...

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