Legal Opinion
Christopher Farrell v. Warren County Department of Social Services
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided January 10, 2012No. 2284104PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALSTON, Judge.
Christopher Farrell (father) appeals the trial court’s decision to terminate his parental rights to his three infant children under Code § 16.1-283(B). Father assigns nineteen errors to the trial court’s judgment. 1 For the following reasons, we find no merit in father’s assignments of error and affirm the decision below.
I. OVERVIEW
Because this case involves multiple hearings and decisions, we begin with an overview of the process that led to the ultimate result in the trial court. Code § 16.1-251 allows a juvenile and domestic relations district court (JDR) to enter an…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Doe v. BoltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Logan v. Fairfax County Department of Human DevelopmentCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
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