The circuit court did not err in concluding that the entirety of the record, which included evidence and testimony that the father failed to comply with the Department of Social Services’ requirements and his own deficiencies, supported terminating his parental ...

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

At the conclusion of all the evidence, the circuit court held the mother’s parental rights should be terminated pursuant to several provisions of the Virginia Code. On appeal, the mother challenged some, but not all, of the reasons why the ...

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

Liberty Counsel, an organization dedicated to advancing Christian causes, sued GuideStar, a nonprofit organization that maintains an extensive online directory of profiles on other nonprofits, after GuideStar reported the Southern Poverty Law Center had designated Liberty Counsel as a hate ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Intellectual Property Per Curiam Opinion

After “only the latest in a string of frivolous lawsuits” against Loudoun County and its various departments, a pro se litigant must pay the county more than $4,000 in attorneys’ fees. She is also barred from bringing more petitions against the County without ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Per Curiam Opinion Supreme Court of Virginia

After “only the latest in a string of frivolous lawsuits” against Loudoun County and its various departments, a pro se litigant must pay the county more than $4,000 in attorneys’ fees. She is also barred from bringing more petitions against the County without ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Per Curiam Opinion Supreme Court of Virginia

Although some evidence potentially may have impeached the veracity of a report that a father molested his daughter, statements by multiple of his children supported the hearing officer’s finding that the report was founded. Background Appellant Robert London, father to ...

Tagged with: Administrative Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

While fuel-company affiliates entering procurement agreements had to obtain approval from the State Corporation Commission, the Commission sufficiently reviewed the agreements. Such review and approval does not require a formal hearing where the public can raise objections. Background Appellant Sierra ...

Tagged with: Administrative Per Curiam Opinion Supreme Court of Virginia Unpublished Opinion Utilities

The circuit court did not err in concluding that a 12-year-old girl who had been fostered for two years by the same family, along with her siblings, should not be placed instead with her incarcerated father’s mother. The father’s family ...

Tagged with: Parental Rights Per Curiam Opinion Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

Despite significant compliance with social services requirements to reunite with her five living children, a mother had not substantially remedied the conditions that required them to be placed in foster care. She had not seen the children since they were ...

Tagged with: Family Law Parental Rights Per Curiam Opinion Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals

Appellant Gary Pisner filed a complaint against Appellee Mark Conley, asserting breach of a written contract to perform demolition and clean-up work at his property. Pisner sought compensatory damages of $76,000. After the complaint was served and Conley failed to ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Contract Per Curiam Opinion Supreme Court of Virginia Unpublished Opinion