Family Law Reporter: Index-Summary

VERMONT

– Civil union dissolution, Va. registration of Vt. custody/visitation orders upheld (U.S., rev den), 1071; no jurisdiction for declaratory judgment action (Va. Ct. App.), 1393
– Same-sex marriage, statutory ban removed by legislature, 1251

VETERANS

See ARMED SERVICES

VIOLENCE

See CHILD ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

VIRGINIA

– Attorneys

– – Child support, lawyer who acted pro se during suspension and asserted frivolous defense disbarred (Va.), 1307
– – Fees, obligor who ceased paying alimony without court order not entitled to award (Va. Ct. App.), 1392

– Child abduction, fugitive disentitlement doctrine applies to Hague Convention appeal (Va.), 1015
– Civil union dissolution, Va. registration of Vt. custody/visitation orders upheld (U.S., rev den), 1071; no jurisdiction for declaratory judgment action (Va. Ct. App.), 1393
– Property division

– – Interspousal agreements

– – – “Contract of Marriage,” lopsided pact husband signed on weekend furlough from mental hospital is invalid (Va. Ct. App.), 1347
– – – Profit-sharing account, pact to divide does not bar award to spouse of interest accrued on (Va. Ct. App.), 1237

– – Military benefits, calculation of marital share of pension in payout status at time of divorce (Va. Ct. App.), 1141
– – Payroll tax, debt owed by spouse's business improperly allocated (Va. Ct. App.), 1214

– Unconscionable premarital agreement improperly held enforceable (Va.), 1515
– Visitation, mother's former same-sex spouse lacks standing to seek (Va. Ct. App.), 1467
– Widow entitled to husband's workers' compensation benefits despite alleged green card fraud (Va. Ct. App.), 1418

VISITATION

– Catholic mother entitled to visits every Easter even if children scheduled to be with Jewish father (N.Y. App. Div.), 1106
– Civil union dissolution, registration of custody/visitation orders upheld (U.S., rev den), 1071; no jurisdiction for declaratory judgment action (Va. Ct. App.), 1393
– Contempt finding re custodial parent anticipatory breach improper (Mass. App. Ct.), 1441
– De facto parents, stipulation with mother improperly voided despite lack of notice to unidentified father (R.I.), 1250
– Deceased custodial mother's husband's petition for continued visitation properly denied (Miss. Ct. App.), 1443
– “Equal access” to children provided upon request, law applicable solely to temporary hearing phase of matter (Okla. Ct. App.), 1323
– Grandparents

– – Adoption of children by maternal grandmother and husband, standing of paternal grandfather to seek visits unaffected by (Ind. Ct. App.), 1189
– – Deceased mother's parents, objection by father to visits from (U.S., rev den), 1287
– – Desire of parent to modify visitation order is material change in circumstances (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), 1354
– – “Natural grandmother,” mother of deceased adopted-out daughter may seek visits with children (N.H.), 1356
– – Paternal grandmother whose son voluntarily terminated parental rights after manslaughter conviction re mother's death lacks standing to petition to visit child (Ind. Ct. App.), 1441
– – Speculation of possible future harm to children not basis for ordering visits (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), 1021
– – Timing of order, award of visits after custody dispute with parent not premature (Ark. Ct. App.), 1236

– “Homosexual partners and friends,” ban on noncustodial father exposing children to gay people during visits vacated (Ga.), 1371
– Incarcerated parent, request for child to spend time with third parties rejected (N.H.), **1214
– Mentally unstable mother, adoption of family service agency's proposal that father have sole custody upheld (Mont.), 1370
– Modification standard differs from restriction standard (Ill. App. Ct.), 1543
– Mother's motion, deferral to Ala. court issuing adoption order proper (Ky.), 1498
– Psychological parent, man unrelated to child has standing to seek visits (Ohio Ct. App.), 1179
– Relocation, custodial father who moved out of state with children properly ordered to pay mother daily per diem during her visits (Wyo.), 1263
– Standing

– – Former stepparent, termination of in loco parentis status (Utah Ct. App.), 1455
– – Mother's former same-sex spouse may not seek (Va. Ct. App.), 1467

– Supervision, self-executing provision upon completing domestic violence program improper (Alaska), 1467
– Weekend and holiday visits, father may not combine (Ga. Ct. App.), 1383