The Court of Appeals summarily affirms termination of father’s rights to his child on the unchallenged ground of risk of abuse or neglect under Va. Code § 16.1-283(B); his appeal of termination under § 16.1-283(C)(2) alone is unavailing. The local ...

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Although father sought increased visitation based on his claim of continuing sobriety, the Court of Appeals says there was no error in the trial court conclusion that father failed to show a material change in circumstances warranting modification. At the ...

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A mother with persistent drug abuse problems and convictions loses her parental rights to her child, who is thriving in the foster care of a family who wishes to adopt the child; the Court of Appeals affirms the termination order. ...

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A lawyer of nearly 40 years’ experience voluntarily reduced his income when he chose to concentrate on a separate business venture instead of his law practice, and he lost a reliable source of income when the firm terminated him after ...

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A husband could not terminate spousal support payments by refashioning his firing to fit under the parties’ property settlement agreement, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled. The PSA signed by William and Elizabeth Strack in 2010 called for the ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds termination of the parental rights of a father whose child was repeatedly exposed to domestic violence. Father minimized the issues of domestic violence and refused to take responsibility for his child entering and staying in ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms termination of mother’s parental rights to children who came into foster care suffering from abuse and neglect, including tooth decay, psychotic behaviors and lack of immunizations. Although mother completed a psychological evaluation, she missed several ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms termination of father’s parental rights to children who came into foster care suffering from abuse and neglect, including tooth decay, psychotic behaviors and lack of immunizations. The children have been thriving in foster care. They ...

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A mother and father cannot overturn termination of their parental rights to six of their children who were removed from their custody when the family was homeless, because of father’s anger issues and domestic violence directed toward the children; the ...

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A mother who was charged with physically abusing and neglecting her two small children, convicted of malicious shooting into an occupied dwelling and who failed to correct conditions that prompted foster placement of the two children over a four-year period, ...

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