A father failed to show mother’s income had increased since the parties’ 2014 final divorce decree, but his evidence did show an increase in his income from his painting business, and the trial court did not err in finding no ...

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

An Alexandria U.S. District Court refuses to dismiss a Hague Convention petition filed by a father with U.S. and Brazilian citizenship to return his two children from the U.S. to Spain, where the family had been living while the mother, ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge James C. Cacheris U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Norfolk Circuit Court says a Premarital Agreement, signed by the pregnant wife who lived in the Dominican Republic and was not fluent in English and had a limited education, and misrepresented that husband, who lived in Norfolk and had ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Hon. David Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court

The Court of Appeals upholds termination of a couple’s parental rights to their 10 children, as the record provides abundant evidence that the children suffered emotional and physical neglect while in the parents’ care, but improved significantly while in foster ...

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

The Court of Appeals affirms termination of parental rights to a mother’s five children who were removed from her home on child protective service complaints involving physical abuse, medical neglect and exposure to domestic violence and alcohol use, and the ...

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

Although wife did not have a specific request for spousal support pending before the circuit court, husband requested the court to adjudicate spousal support, and the trial court correctly ruled that it could reach the issue of spousal support based ...

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

A trial court did not err in upholding a finding that a child was a Child in Need of Services and should be placed for adoption after she had been separated multiple time from her primary caregiver who was addicted ...

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

A Fairfax Circuit Court denies recon­sideration of its earlier decision finding a husband not in contempt for support ar­rearages, as he has continued to make sig­nificant payments and has demonstrated that his reduced income as a professional cabinetmaker hinders his ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Fairfax County Circuit Court

Although the circuit court’s order requires father to pay child support, it failed to include provisions related to health care coverage and unreimbursed medical expenses, as required by Va. Code § 20-60.3, and the Court of Ap­peals reverses the order ...

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

The Court of Appeals says a circuit court erred in entering a “Consent Or­der” regarding custody and visitation presented by the guardian ad litem, which mother had not signed and which she timely challenged in an appeal from the JDR ...

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