Bandas v. Bandas

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

This case is before the Court on remand from the Virginia Court of Appeals after an appeal. The parties dispute what this Court has been directed to decide on the remand and whether this Court can award attorney fees incurred during the appeal. They have argued their positions in memoranda and letters and orally on November 18 after which the Court took the issues under advisement.

With respect to this Court’s decision to impose sanctions, the Court of Appeals said: “Except for the amount of sanctions imposed, we affirm because in a domestic relations case, an…