Commonwealth v. Neal

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

These are two appeals from the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of the City of Richmond. At issue is whether the holding of Mahoney v. Mahoney, 34 Va. App. 63, 537 S.E.2d 626 (2000), requires dismissal of the appeals because of the appellant’s failure to post appeal bonds. The court holds that it does not.

It is difficult to determine the precise history of these cases from the records before this court. What can be determined is that the Division of Child Support Enforcement (DCSE), acting on behalf of two women with children by Charles Lee Neal, had…