A lawyer seeking to enforce a support order that has been appealed to the circuit court can have the circuit court enforce the order, an Orange Circuit Court judge has ruled. Lawyers typically may seek enforcement of an order of ...

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Some court petitions signed and filed by social workers may be void because of Virginia laws requiring pleadings to be filed only by attorneys or unrepresented parties. A Virginia State Bar report last month addressed a common practice in social ...

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A criminal defense lawyer who reportedly called a police detective’s proposed investigation plan “crazy” now faces a defamation lawsuit filed by the detective. The suit might send lawyers running to their files to see if defamation is covered in their ...

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A lawyer is facing a motion to compel filed by opposing counsel. The other side is demanding that the lawyer’s business client produce certain records or face an accusation that the client has destroyed the evidence. When opposing counsel needs ...

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The high-profile case of a 17-year-old Manassas boy accused of sending explicit photos to a 15-year-old girlfriend has been resolved for now. The youth – not named because of his age – went to court Aug. 1, when a judge ...

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A series of recent legal ethics charges suggests Virginia lawyers ought to think carefully about what they say when judges demand their version of events. Three lawyers are in trouble with the Virginia State Bar after judges became skeptical about ...

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One judge’s practice of allowing parties in domestic relations cases to act as prosecutors for criminal contempt proceedings has drawn an objection from a Lynchburg lawyer. M. Paul Valois says the practice violates due process and Virginia law by allowing ...

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Relief is on the way for one of the most overworked courts in the state. Judges of Virginia’s 11th Circuit, including Petersburg and four nearby counties, have selected Petersburg lawyer Phillip T. DiStanislao Jr. for the Juvenile and Domestic Relations ...

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The Court of Appeals has withdrawn an opinion reversing an adoption decision where the trial judge refused to postpone the hearing to allow the child’s mother to participate. The unpublished opinion is no longer available on the court’s website. The ...

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Friends of the Portsmouth Juvenile Court, Inc., a court support organization, will recognize some of its valued leaders and supporters on Saturday. An awards ceremony at the Chesapeake Conference Center will honor former board president Horace Savage and other Friends ...

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