Perkins v. Howington

PRESENT: Powell, C.J., Kelsey, McCullough, Russell, and Mann JJ., and Millette and Mims, S.JJ. LINDSEY NICOLE PERKINS OPINION BY v. Record No. 240960 JUSTICE WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR. MARCH 12, 2026 REBECCA LYNN (HICKS) HOWINGTON, ET AL. FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Lindsey Nicole Perkins (“mother”), the biological mother of J.H., appeals a decision of the Court of Appeals affirming a circuit court order granting a petition filed by Rebecca Lynn (Hicks) Howington (“stepmother”) seeking to adopt J.H. without mother’s consent. The lower courts found that mother’s consent was not required…