The Virginia Supreme Court’s remand of a grandparent custody case has raised questions about who gets to award attorney’s fees, according to four judges of the Court of Appeals.
In its Sept. 12 opinion in Lynchburg Division of Social Services v. Cook, the high court ordered the Court of Appeals to send the custody case back […]
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Judge calls out court on lawyer’s fees
November 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Attorney's fees, Court of Appeals, Custody
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Automatic custody change reversed
October 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Custody
A divorce court cannot order that custody will automatically change from mom to dad if the mother decides to move out of Virginia or more than 30 miles from the father’s home, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled today.
In Demuth v. Demuth, an appellate panel reversed a Prince William County Circuit Court decision that granted […]
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You have to ask
July 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Court of Appeals, Criminal Law, Custody
Virginia Court of Appeals Judge D. Arthur Kelsey couldn’t help but imply that Robert Thurman Pilson might not be the best candidate for a home electronic monitoring program.
Not only was Pilson sentenced to the mandatory minimum one-year term for driving as an habitual offender, his criminal record includes convictions for escape, eluding police, resisting arrest, […]
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Circuit judge read lower court transcript before hearing custody appeal
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Custody, Virginia Court of Appeals
What part of de novo don’t you understand?
That was the question the Virginia Court of Appeals had for Colonial Heights Circuit Judge Timothy J. Hauler.
A mother appealed a juvenile and domestic relations district court’s award of custody of her minor child to its father. At the beginning of the custody hearing Hauler told the mother’s […]
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AG’s brief not persuasive in lesbian case
May 1st, 2007 · No Comments · Custody, Virginia attorney general, lesbian
Virginia Solicitor General William E. Thro unsuccessfully asserted the sovereignty of the commonwealth in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeal of a lesbian mother who is attempting to sever the parental rights of her former partner.
In an amicus brief in the case of Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, Record No. 06-1110, Thro cited four […]
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Custody: If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy
March 27th, 2007 · No Comments · Court of Appeals, Custody, Domestic Relations
A papa tried a gender reversal on that truism when he asked a divorce judge to switch custody from the mother to the dad, who wanted to relocate to Florida.
The divorce judge said evidence showed the father’s response to a “strained relationship” with his daughter was to set ever stricter limits on the girl’s behavior […]
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