The Court of Appeals affirms termination of a mother’s parental rights to one of her children, based on the mother’s history of substance abuse and childhood trauma. The older child had to be placed in a therapeutic foster home, and ...

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

A wife’s docketing of two judgment orders entered by a Puerto Rico court in the couple’s divorce, one of which included a stipulation about wife’s eligibility for certain benefits under the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Act, did not confer jurisdiction ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary B. Malveaux Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

A vocational expert testified that husband was voluntarily underemployed and could earn $240,000 annually; the VE’s testimony, husband’s past earnings and his rejection of a job transfer or severance package supported the trial court’s denial of a support modification, says ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rosemarie Annunziata Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals affirms a spousal support award of $1,700 per month until wife reaches age 66, for a wife who earned $20,000 annually as a medical receptionist but who currently has occasional employment as a substitute teacher and ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

Although a divorce court correctly classified a Michigan home as husband’s separate property, after admitting parol evidence to contradict the deed, and classified a Norfolk home as marital property, the court erred in failing to classify the rest of the ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Mary B. Malveaux Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

Although a father claims he was precluded from seeking rehabilitation and was making progress at the time of his incarceration, the Court of Appeals upholds termination of his parental rights to his child born in 2015. Both parents have a ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

The trial court did not err in terminating a mother’s rights to her third child, after her rights to two other children were terminated, for her ongoing substance abuse and inability to care for her children. Mother has a history ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Per Curiam Opinion Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

A mother who made no appearance at the hearing on appeal to the circuit court of an order terminating her parental rights was deemed to have withdrawn her appeal, and the Court of Appeals says mother waived any assignments of ...

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

The Court of Appeals upholds termination of a mother’s parental rights and approval of adoption of three of her children based on a parental history of domestic violence and substance abuse. There was a protective order against father having contact ...

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

The Court of Appeals upholds termination of a mother’s parental rights to five of her children, as she was unable with assistance to remedy the conditions – her own substance abuse and neglect of the children – that led to ...

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