Although a couple’s three minor children said they wanted to live with their mother in Virginia, instead of with their father in Abu Dhabi, where he had moved them from Japan, the Court of Appeals upholds a trial court order ...

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The Court of Appeals summarily affirms an order finding father in contempt for failure to pay child support with arrearages and in incarcerating father; father’s failure to comply with Rule 5A:20 is significant and the court will not consider his ...

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A measure to boost pay for court-appointed mediators in Virginia divorce cases appears on track to win approval at the Capitol. Legislation approved by the General Assembly would double the fees paid to mediators in many cases. Money for the ...

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A couple who was married by a rabbi without the benefit of a marriage license, which was obtained later and signed by the celebrant one month after the wedding ceremony, was not legally married; the Court of Appeals on rehearing ...

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Deborah MacDougall and Richard Levick have been in and out of divorce court since 2011. Their primary problem? They never were actually married. That has been the legal conclusion of a trial court and the Virginia Court of Appeals. But ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms a finding that father’s two young children, who had special needs and who were living in filthy and unsanitary conditions in a hotel room with their parents, were abused and neglected. The department offered into ...

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A mother who could not obtain stable housing or employment, and who left her two small daughters alone for extended periods of time loses her parental rights in a decision upheld by the Court of Appeals. The record indicates the ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termination of a father’s parental rights to his three minor children, who were removed from the mother’s home after she was arrested on felony forgery charges. When the social services workers met with father, he ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms termination of a mother’s parental rights to her three children, who initially were removed from the home after mother’s arrest on felony forgery charges and child protective services workers found deplorable conditions, a firearm in ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms termination of the parental rights of a mother who suffered from poly-substance abuse, major depression, an eating disorder and a dependent personality with anti-social features, all of which impeded her ability to care for her ...

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