Legal Opinion

Weaver v. Weaver

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided June 1, 2018No. 17–402PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.

¶ 1. Mother appeals an order of the family court holding her in contempt for willful failure to comply with a ruling that placed the parties' minor son in his father's physical custody and temporarily suspended mother's contact with the child. We affirm the contempt order, but remand the matter for the family court to consider whether father's attorney, who is also his wife, should be disqualified from further representing father in this case.

¶ 2. In May 2017, the court temporarily suspended all contact between mother and the parties' son N.W., who was then sixteen years old, after mother…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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  2. Kennedy v. EldridgeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
  3. Attorney Grievance Commission v. O'LearyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2013
  4. Hunt v. HuntSupreme Court of Vermont · 1994
  5. Wells v. WellsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1988

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