Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

A trial court did not err in upholding a couple’s prenuptial agreement executed on the same day they married in Las Vegas, even though wife told a tale of coercion on the way to the altar, which husband denied; the ...

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

A father loses his challenge to a court or­der limiting his visitation to two-hour visits supervised by his own parents, on alternat­ing Sundays; the Court of Appeals rejects the father’s claim that he did not have rea­sonable notice of two ...

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

A self-employed husband who refused to provide income information through dis­covery must pay attorney’s fees and expert witness fees to wife; the trial court did not abuse its discretion in ordering husband to pay, the Court of Appeals holds. Contrary ...

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

A trial court did not err in finding hus­band could not stop spousal support due to a drafting error based on a mutual mistake in a couple’s separation agreement allowing spousal support to terminate “upon remar­riage or the death of ...

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

The Court of Appeals affirms termi­nation of a mother’s residual parental rights; a Virginia circuit court could con­sider the history of rehabilitative support services provided to mother in Tennessee after her 3-year-old daughter was placed in foster care there in ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals upholds termination of a father’s parental rights for a seven-year-old child who was neglected by the father and was “out of control.” When the child entered foster care, he was diagnosed with ADHD and had symptoms ...

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

Virginia’s cohabitation statute, Va. Code § 20-109(A), applies to same-sex couples, and a trial court erred in holding the stat­ute did not apply to appellant husband’s for­mer wife who lived with and was engaged to her female partner; the Supreme ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Justice William C. Mims Supreme Court of Virginia

The Court of Appeals upholds termina­tion of parental rights for a father whose toddler child had suffered multiple bro­ken bones for no organic reason and who has not had any broken bones since he was placed in foster care. The ...

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A couple’s premarital agreement to build a house together and split the costs did not include a clause requiring either spouse to obtain input or approv­al prior to making improvements, and husband did not breach the premarital agreement when he ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Justice Teresa M. Chafin Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals upholds termina­tion of a mother’s parental rights to her two youngest children based on a history of in­ability to care for the children, homelessness and eviction from a homeless shelter for fail­ure to follow shelter rules. ...

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