A trial correctly considered the fac­tors under Va. Code § 20-124.3 rel­evant to its custody determination, and the Court of Appeals rejects the guardian ad litem’s appellate claim that the trial court erred in awarding primary physical custody to mother. ...

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

A trial court erred in not allowing mother to present evidence of her relationship with her child prior to mother’s incarceration on drug-re­lated charges, and then holding that mother had never had a relationship with the child; the Court of ...

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

A father cannot challenge a trial court decision changing primary physi­cal custody of the child to mother, as he failed to file a proper appendix in com­pliance with Rule 5A:25(c)(3). The appendix does not contain the mother’s motion for primary ...

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

A divorce court erred in calculating wife’s share of husband’s disability retirement benefits based on the min­imum retirement age allowed by em­ployer, rather than husband’s actual date of retirement; the Court of Appeals reverses and remands for recalculation of wife’s ...

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

A Norfolk Circuit Court denies a non-Virginia resident wife’s motion to dis­miss husband’s divorce complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper ven­ue; Virginia law does not require the court to have personal jurisdiction over wife to grant husband an ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

Although a Mexican mother and her two children are illegally in the U.S. after she brought them from Mexico in 2013, the 4th Circuit upholds a district court decision that the family’s illegal status does not under­mine the degree to ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Domestic Relations Judge Henry F. Floyd

The Court of Appeals upholds termi­nation of a father’s parental rights to his three-year-old daughter based on factors including father’s drug use and sale of drugs while the child was in the home. Following the child’s removal from his home, ...

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

The Court of Appeals upholds ter­mination of the parental rights for a mother who was unable to care for her children, and who had mood disorder and anxiety disorder, a history of alco­hol and marijuana abuse and who had been ...

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

The Court of Appeals upholds termi­nation of the parental rights of a father who had numerous substance abuse issues and theft and drug convictions, and who could not provide stable hous­ing or care and supervision of his child born in ...

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

Baby boomers may remember when Elvis sang, “I’ve got a lot o’ living to do.” Lately, many aging boomers relate to that old song – and start thinking about divorce – when their children leave the house. Longer lifetimes mean ...

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