The Court of Appeals affirms changing child’s custody to father and awards him appellate fees after finding all seven of mother’s assignments of error procedurally defaulted:  six are waived for significant advocacy deficit and the seventh fails for lack of ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds a trial court’s refusal to terminate spousal support. During their separation after Jan. 7, 2004, the parties signed an undated, handwritten agreement, which addressed property and spousal support (the handwritten agreement). In part, the handwritten ...

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The Court of Appeals upholds a trial court order denying father’s request for a change of physical custody of the parties’ three children to him, based on his allegations that mother had an unstable home environment because her brother who ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms terminating mother’s rights to her three children: mother chose not to appear at the termination hearing after receiving notice and continued using drugs while the children are thriving in a foster home with parents who ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms wife’s conviction for contempt for failing to notify the court and husband of her remarriage as required by the final divorce decree awarding her $4,000 monthly spousal support; wife’s arguments about contempt are procedurally defaulted ...

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After reversing an equitable distribution order based on the parties’ prenuptial agreement,  the Court of Appeals says husband’s second appeal of the trial court order on remand seeks to relitigate issues previously decided and awards wife appellate attorney fees for ...

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The Court of Appeals summarily affirms termination of father’s rights to his minor child for failure to substantially remedy the conditions requiring foster care for over two years:  father moved back and forth between states incurring criminal charges involving mother, ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms termination of mother’s rights to her two children who were removed after two step-children ages three and four were severely injured and mother engaged in activity resulting in her incarceration on federal drug, perjury and ...

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The Court of Appeals affirms terminating mother’s rights to her three-year old child for insufficient progress remedying the conditions requiring foster care; mother is an undocumented immigrant eight months pregnant with another child; her mother’s home is not suitable and ...

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A husband failed to timely appeal the final divorce decree awarding wife equitable distribution and ordering husband to reimburse wife for garnishment of her wages to pay their joint debt to husband’s brother, and he did not preserve his challenge ...

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