Casey v. Hopewell Department of Social Services

Opinion

BARROW, J.

This appeal is from a termination of a mother’s parental rights to her child. An appeal bond was not posted when the order terminating the mother’s parental rights was appealed from the juvenile and domestic relations district court to the circuit court. We hold that such a bond is not required because appeals from orders terminating parental rights are governed by the provisions of Chapter 7 (§§ 16.1-123.1 et seq.) of Title 16.1, not Code § 16.1-107 governing appeals of certain civil cases from courts not of record.

The juvenile and domestic relations district court granted a…