Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

The Court of Appeals affirms a circuit court order dismissing father’s appeal re­garding a foster care plan for his teenage daughter, whom he had abused and who preferred permanent foster care instead of adoption; father, who was in prison for ...

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

A husband does not have standing to appeal a circuit court decision granting his motion to reconsider and holding it did not have jurisdiction to consider the validity of the parties’ marital agreement because they had not been separated with ...

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

Appellant mother’s husband did not be­gin representing her in this case involv­ing visitation until after the circuit court already had decided to vacate the JDR court’s judgment and dismiss the case; since the lawyer delayed representation until it was certain ...

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

A husband’s promise not to divorce wife for 20 years was consideration for an enforceable post-nuptial contract, but the parties intend­ed the agreement to provide insurance cover­age for wife, whose health was deteriorating; the Court of Appeals upholds a trial ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals affirms termi­nation of mother’s parental rights to her three children, who were adjudicated abused or neglected after mother’s arrest for substance abuse. Contrary to mother’s complaints about lack of notice, when read together, the petitions, summonses ...

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

The Court of Appeals upholds termina­tion of parental rights for a mother whose ongoing substance abuse caused her to be evicted from a homeless shelter and a de­tox program and to be incarcerated, and who was unable to remedy the ...

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

A husband who did not object to the circuit court’s ruling below cannot ar­gue for the first time on appeal that the divorce court erred in imputing in­come to him after he retired from the Navy and took a part-time ...

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

A father who joined mother’s petition to be declared co-guardians for their adult son, who is developmentally dis­abled and mentally impaired, is not en­titled to have the son psychologically evaluated during the couple’s divorce proceedings; the Court of Appeals up­holds ...

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

The Court of Appeals upholds termina­tion of a mother’s parental rights based on the mother’s history of substance abuse and mental health problems. Mother was diagnosed with ADHD and borderline personality disorder. The re­sults of personality assessment were posi­tive for ...

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

Because mother’s testimony was not credible concerning issues related to removal of her 3-year-old child from Mexico by respondent, who was not his biological father but listed as his father on the child’s birth certificate, the Dan­ville U.S. District Court ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Jackson L. Kiser U.S. District Court - Western District