Legal Opinion
Oehl v. Oehl
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 26, 1980No. Record 781397PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
This appeal poses the question whether a Virginia trial court erred in failing to grant comity to an order of an English court.
Barry Donald Oehl and Vandra Collingsworth Oehl, both English subjects, were married in London in 1963. Two children were born of the marriage, one in August 1968 and the other in April 1970. On October 4, 1970, Mr. Oehl deserted his wife and children. An English magistrate granted custody of the infants to Mrs. Oehl, awarded Mr. Oehl “reasonable access to the children”, and ordered Mr. Oehl to make monthly child support payments.
In 1973, Mr. Oehl, who had moved to…
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