In re Nichols

By JUDGE CLIFFORD R. WECKSTEIN

These are cases in which petitions for child custody were filed in the Roanoke City Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. From final Orders entered in that Court, appeals were duly noted. The mother of the children has filed a motion, supported by affidavit of counsel, requesting that the custody issue be tried by a jury. The father has filed written objections to the motion. The motion was argued on February 16, 1989.

The motion recites that it is filed "pursuant to Section 8.01-336(E) of the Code of Virginia." This statute reads:

E. Issue out of…