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Higgins v. Pearce (VLW No. 017-7-284, 11 pp.) (Alston, J) Appealed from Henrico County Circuit Court (Harris, J.) Va. App. Unpub. Holding:  Appellant parent challenges the trial court’s award of custody and visitation, contending that the court committed constitutional and ...

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Castillo v. Bell (VLW No. 017-7-273, 4pp.) Record No. 0859-17-3. (Per Curiam, unpublished) Appealed from the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County (Filson, J.) Holding: Where the appellant-biological mother endorsed a final adoption order as “Seen and objected to” without further ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termi­nation of a mother and father’s parental rights to two of their four young children, due to their inability to remedy issues concerning substance abuse, domestic vi­olence, inadequate shelter and parenting and supervisory skills. Mother ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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