Brenda Joseph v. Portsmouth Department of Social Services

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Benton, Humphreys and Petty Argued at Chesapeake, Virginia BRENDA JOSEPH MEMORANDUM OPINION* BY v. Record No. 1984-05-1 JUDGE JAMES W. BENTON, JR. JUNE 13, 2006 PORTSMOUTH DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH James A. Cales, Jr., Judge (Janice L. Scott, on brief), for appellant. Appellant submitting on brief. Sheila Riddick, Assistant City Attorney (G. Timothy Oksman, City Attorney; Gregory K. Matthews, Guardian ad litem for the minor child, on brief), for appellee. Brenda Joseph contends the trial judge…