A mother’s endorsement of a custody and visitation order as “seen [and] objected to by client generally” did not preserve for appellate review her claim that the trial court erred in limiting her visitation at her children’s school and extracurricular ...

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

In a child support modification proceeding, a divorce court erred in awarding attorney’s fees to wife when she had not filed any responsive or counter pleadings requesting the fees and costs; the Court of Appeal reverses the fee award. Here ...

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

Although a necessary job transfer for her new husband constituted a material change in circumstances, a mother who wants to move her sons, ages 11 and 14, to Ohio has not carried her burden to prove the move would be ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge David B. Carson Roanoke Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

In husband’s fourth appeal of the same issue in two years, the Court of Appeals again orders husband to pay wife’s appellate attorney’s fees and says the trial court may impose sanctions on husband. This is the fourth time these ...

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Although wife had a key to her boyfriend’s condo and her own parking space, they limited the time they spent in each other’s homes, kept separate finances and did not keep clothing or receive mail at each other’s homes, and ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Robert P. Frank Virginia Court of Appeals

How does an ex-wife stay on the right side of a $6,000 monthly spousal support award? By carefully managing her relationship with her boyfriend, as spelled out in a new decision from the Court of Appeals. Like many ex-spouses, David ...

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A new law aimed at healing broken families is getting what may be its first test as two girls in Wise County are asking a judge to restore the parental rights of their mother. The law – recommended after a ...

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A Rockingham County Circuit Court denies a motion to dismiss a payor parent’s appeal of a contempt order in this child support matter for failure to post a civil appeal bond; the court finds the contempt appealed from and referred ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Thomas J. Wilson IV Rockingham County Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts

A Rockingham County judge said a man who owed nearly $9,000 in back child support payments could appeal a finding of contempt without posting a bond in the amount of the support obligation. The decision last month by Circuit Judge ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Thomas J. Wilson IV Rockingham County Circuit Court

The Court of Appeals summarily affirms termination of mother’s rights to her three children under Va. Code §§ 16.1-283(B) and 16.1-283(C)(2); although mother addressed her addiction to PCP, her continuing addiction to alcohol supports terminating her rights. After a long ...

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