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An individual who voluntarily acknowledged the paternity of a child and helped raise the child could not be awarded visitation and joint legal custody based on his status as a parent because subsequent genetic testing revealed that another man was ...

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

Where an individual affirmed that he was the natural parent of a child on the child’s birth certificate despite knowing at the time that another man may have been the child’s biological father, and genetic testing later conclusively established that ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary B. Malveaux Virginia Court of Appeals

Where plaintiff petitioned to exercise a reservation for additional spousal support that was included in their property settlement agreement (PSA), the court concludes that a showing of changed circumstances is not required to consider the petition. Further, even if changed ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard Virginia Circuit Courts

Although the court rejected virtually all of the husband’s issues on appeal, the appeal was not a total loss for the husband because the court held he was not responsible for his wife’s attorney’s fees. The court relied on the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a mother made significant progress to maintain her sobriety after her children were placed in foster care, but she held approximately 10 different jobs over a two-year period and was unable to demonstrate her ability to maintain a permanent ...

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

A wife who twice violated terms of a property settlement agreement was sanctioned by the court.  A third sanction was vacated, however, because it was a criminal contempt sanction in what the circuit court maintained was a civil contempt proceeding. ...

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

Where a child support award was calculated by averaging the wife’s income from her most recent period of employment based on her pay stubs, and the wife incorrectly claimed that the calculation was based on an average of her employment ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Glen A. Huff Virginia Court of Appeals

A mother who lost primary physical custody of a minor child after she learned she would be transferred to North Carolina by her military employer did not show the circuit erred in not reconsidering its decision when those orders were ...

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

Where a husband and wife purchased a farm and constructed a home on the property shortly after their marriage and the husband was unable to demonstrate that the proceeds from the sales of stock he had held before the marriage ...

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

Where plaintiff wife nonsuited her 2003 divorce action, her nonsuit of a 2018 divorce complaint against the same defendant husband will be treated as a second nonsuit, entitling defendant to costs and attorney fees under Code § 8.01-380(B). Facts Plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Gardiner Virginia Circuit Courts