Legal Opinion
Toombs v. Lynchburg Division of Social Services
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 12, 1982No. Record No. 801403PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarrico, C.J.
This appeal by William Allen Toombs and Glenda Carol Toombs challenges final orders entered pursuant to Code § 16.1-283(C)(2).1 The orders terminated the Toombs’ residual parental *228rights to three minor children and authorized the Lynchburg Division of Social Services to place the children for adoption.
A girl and two boys, all under the age of nine, are the subjects of this controversy. The children were entrusted to the Division by the mother on September 10, 1976, after she had attempted suicide earlier in the day. The Division placed the children in a foster-care home. At the time, the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Weaver v. Roanoke Department of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
- Knox v. Lynchburg Division of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1982
3Cited by44 opinions
- Logan v. Fairfax County Department of Human DevelopmentCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
- Helen & Robert W. v. Fairfax County Department of Human DevelopmentCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
- Barkey v. COM., ALEXANDRIA DEPT. HUM. SERV.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1986
- Deahl v. Winchester Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- Brown v. Spotsylvania Department of Social ServicesCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2004
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