Testimony from an ex-husband’s supervisor supported the circuit court’s decision that the husband lost his job for cause, making him voluntarily underemployed for purposes of spousal and child support. Background The appellant and appellee were divorced on Jan. 29, 2016. ...

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

The evidence proved that the mother failed to substantially comply with the department of social services’ requirements; to take advantage of services offered, such as counseling, substance abuse treatment, parenting and money management classes among others; or remedy the conditions ...

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

Where the parties’ agreements did not designate how closing costs from the sale of marital assets should be treated, the court did not err in allocating closing costs. Background Prior to marriage, the parties entered into a premarital agreement. Among ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Because there must be a request for relief pending at the time of the award, the circuit court erred in awarding spousal support to a wife because it granted a motion to strike her request before making the award. Background ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

Because there must be a request for relief pending at the time of the award, the circuit court erred in awarding spousal support to a wife because it granted a motion to strike her request before making the award. Background ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

In a case originating in juvenile and domestic relations district part, the court held that a party may not appeal a procedural aspect of a substantive ruling, in this case the amount of an appeal bond, without appealing the underlying ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David A. Oblon Virginia Circuit Courts

The circuit court did not err in concluding that the entirety of the record, which included evidence and testimony that the father failed to comply with the Department of Social Services’ requirements and his own deficiencies, supported terminating his parental ...

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

At the conclusion of all the evidence, the circuit court held the mother’s parental rights should be terminated pursuant to several provisions of the Virginia Code. On appeal, the mother challenged some, but not all, of the reasons why the ...

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

After he was granted sole legal and physical custody of his child, an order granting a father’s petition for child support effectively terminated a previous order setting forth the father’s child support obligations. The old order had been entered when ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Family Law Judge Charles E. Poston Virginia Court of Appeals

The circuit court did not err in its handling of the parties’ divorce, notwithstanding the husband’s 18 assignments of error on appeal. In particular, evidence supported both the court’s jurisdiction over the parties despite their long trips abroad and the ...

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