Once again, a Fairfax County judge has extended rights available under the Virginia Code to a same-sex couple who otherwise would be barred from benefits conferred by state statutes. Circuit Judge Stephen C. Shannon ruled that the two women had ...

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Although a guardian ad litem challenged the lower court’s dismissal of a case involving protective orders for three minor children before he could present evidence affecting the father’s attempts to gain custody, he did not raise the issue of mootness ...

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

A wife was not entitled to a share of the increase in the value of her husband’s personal investment accounts and other stock that occurred in the marriage because the increase in value was not so substantial that it could ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals

The court reaffirmed a prior decision holding veterans’ disability benefits are included in calculating child support. A 2017 decision from the United States Supreme Court, the court held, did not affect this holding because that decision did not involve the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rosemarie Annunziata Virginia Court of Appeals

A grandmother who violated child protective orders by allowing the parents to vacation with the children, and who, in the opinion of an evaluator, overestimated her ability to meet the demands of the growing children, was not a candidate for ...

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

Where the original amount of child and spousal support agreed to by the parties and included in the divorce decree exceeded the husband’s current total income, and there was no finding that the husband was voluntarily underemployed, the change in ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a couple’s separation agreement provided that the husband was responsible for procuring and maintaining a specific medical coverage plan for the wife because the parties mistakenly believed that the wife would be eligible for coverage under that plan, the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a husband and wife both sought a decree of divorce and the husband was given ample opportunity to proffer evidence in the divorce hearing and submit his owned proposed decree of divorce, the court was not required to delay ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals

Where a wife’s counsel withdrew prior to an equitable distribution hearing and the wife was given 11 months to retain new counsel before such hearing was held, the denial of her request for additional discovery, made more than six months ...

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

Where a property settlement agreement provided that the wife was entitled to one-half of the monthly disability and retirement benefits her husband was receiving, and the amount of the husband’s monthly benefit increased after the divorce became final, the wife ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals