Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

The Court of Appeals summarily affirms a final divorce decree; some issues raised by husband may not be reviewed due to multiple procedural defaults and, upon reviewing the record, the opening brief and the letter submitted by the guardian ad ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms a trial court order allowing mother to relocate with the parties’ children to San Diego, California, in compliance with her Navy orders. While mother was deployed at sea in 2013, father was hospitalized for mental ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termination of parental rights for a father who moved to Texas shortly before trial of his termination case and did not appear for the trial. Appellant’s daughter was in foster care for almost three years ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds an order requiring husband to pay wife $4,373 in monthly spousal support and finding husband failed to meet previous spousal support obligations in the amount of $121,976. On appeal, husband argued the trial court erred ...

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In this long-running domestic dispute, the Court of Appeals finds a number of issues raised by husband are procedurally defaulted, and further holds that the Bristol Circuit Court did not err in holding that it did not have subject matter ...

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In this parental rights case, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the father a continuance to allow him to provide names and contact information of relatives for the purpose of relative placement; the social services agency ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds an order terminating a mother’s parental rights where she was unwilling or unable to obtain training in order to properly care for her premature infant’s extensive medical needs. The child, who was placed into foster ...

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Wife’s income had increased slightly, but husband’s income had increased more since his spousal support payment was set in 2008, and the Court of Appeals says the trial court did not err in finding no material change in circumstances warranting ...

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Although husband argues his income has decreased after his retirement and wife’s income has increased, the trial court could not modify husband’s $500 monthly spousal support payments to wife because he committed to the payments in an agreement that was ...

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Numerous failures to comply with procedural rules regarding wife’s brief and appendix prevent the Court of Appeals from reviewing on the merits her complaints about the grounds for divorce, equitable distribution and spousal support decisions by the trial court, and ...

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