Reid v. Reid

In this appeal we consider whether a trial court may order restitution from a spouse who received spousal support payments pursuant to a court order when that order subsequently was reversed on appeal.

The history of this litigation has been well documented in three published opinions of the Court of Appeals, Reid v. Reid, 7 Va. App. 553, 375 S.E.2d 533 (1989) (Reid I), Reid v. Reid, 12 Va. App. 1218, 409 S.E.2d 155 (1991) (Reid II), and Reid v. Reid, 14 Va. App. 505, 419 S.E.2d 398 (1992) (Reid III). In 1986, the Circuit Court of Albemarle County granted Dr. Robert A. Reid and Judith N. Reid…