March 5, 2018
Comments Off on SCV: Ruling in pending action no basis for res judicata
A circuit court’s decision was not grounds for res judicata in a separate action, when the earlier matter remained pending on the court’s docket and contained no other language indicating it was a final decision on the merits. Background In ...
Tagged with: Civil Procedure Contract Domestic Relations Family Law Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Supreme Court of Virginia
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February 27, 2018
Comments Off on CAV: Inconsistent use of social services supports TPR
The court found sufficient evidence to support the termination of Appellant Tasheika Deshae Davis’s parental rights as to D., Davis’s minor daughter. Code § 16.1-283(C)(2) provides that, in addition to being in the best interests of the child, termination of ...
Tagged with: Family Law Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Parental Rights Virginia Court of Appeals
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February 16, 2018
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The court of appeals upheld a decision to terminate the parental rights of Appellants Bettina and Daniel Dorr as to their autistic young son. The Dorrs are biological parents to D., born in 2012. Responding to a complaint in 2013, ...
Tagged with: Family Law Parental Rights Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals
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January 23, 2018
Comments Off on Va. Cir. Ct.: Nonparent Seeking Custody Must Show Harm to Child if Not Granted
R.H., a 9-year-old girl, had lived her entire life with her mother and maternal grandmother, in her grandmother’s spacious home. R.H. was in good health and well-adjusted, with no developmental delays. R.H.’s father, who currently lives in a one-bedroom home ...
Tagged with: Constitutional Due Process Family Law Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Parental Rights Virginia Circuit Courts
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By Erik Baines Statutes and the common law govern the court’s authority to seal (or sequester) its record. See generally Shenandoah Pub. House, Inc. v. Fanning, 235 Va. 25 (1988). The common law has long-recognized a public right to access ...
Tagged with: Common Law Domestic Relations Erik D. Baines Fairfax County Circuit Court Family Law Family Law in Virginia Sponsored Content
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By Melissa VanZile Third-party custody and visitation are among the more challenging custody issues for family law practitioners and courts, as they involve people who may not be a child’s parent but a person who has usually played an active role ...
Tagged with: Domestic Relations Family Law Family Law in Virginia Melissa VanZile Sponsored Content Supreme Court of Virginia
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By Irene C. Delcamp When seeking a modification of spousal support, one goal for payor former spouses may be proving that the other party is cohabiting in a relationship analogous to a marriage for over one year. For the practitioner, this ...
Tagged with: Family Law Family Law in Virginia Irene Delcamp Sponsored Content Supreme Court of Virginia
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More Family Law in Virginia SPONSORED CONTENT By A. Brakke Campfield and Christopher Macturk There you sit with your client, Jane. Her husband, Bob, recently told her he wants a divorce. Bob claimed the long hours working in his family’s ...
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