A post-separation agreement that required husband to provide health insurance to wife as his spouse during divorce proceedings, and then allowed him to choose and pay for a cheaper policy with substantially similar benefits and also required him to pay ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals affirms termination of the parental rights of a mother who could not obtain stable housing and a stable support system and who failed to address mental health issues and to complete required counseling. Mother also did ...

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

Parents who were in and out of incarceration and otherwise missing visitation with their children who were in foster care have termination of their parental rights upheld by the Court of Appeals. The circuit court found that the parents, not ...

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

The Court of Appeals affirms an order finding appellant abused or neglected her school-age daughter when she refused to seek medical attention for the daughter who had twice informed school officials that she intended to harm herself and had a ...

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

A trial court did not err in terminating the parental rights of a mother who was incarcerated on drug charges or in refusing to place the three children with their maternal grandparents, and the Court of Appeals affirms the termination ...

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

A divorce court erred in failing to impute income to wife, who started an interior design rather than return to her former career as a child psychiatrist, and the Court of Appeals reverses wife’s $3,000 monthly support award and remands ...

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

The Court of Appeals upholds termination of a father’s parental rights for his repeated failure to attend to two of his children’s serious medical needs by seeking medical attention and providing follow-up care. The evidence showed father was often absent, ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Walter S. Felton Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals upholds termination of a mother’s parental rights for her repeated failure to attend to two of her children’s serious medical needs by seeking medical attention and providing follow-up care. Despite provision of support services, the mother ...

Tagged with: Domestic Relations Judge Walter S. Felton Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals affirms termination of parental rights for a father who is serving a five-year prison sentence and whose three children have been in the foster care system and with relatives for approximately eight years. The social services ...

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

The Court of Appeals affirms a trial court order that modified an existing no contact order restricting appellant grandmother’s access to her granddaughter after removal of the child from the grandmother’s custody for placement in foster care. Despite the no ...

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