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· 4/14/1998

Franklin v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Franklin

Citations

  • 497 S.E.2d 881
  • 27 Va. App. 136
  • 1998 Va. App. LEXIS 207

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that by requesting affirmative relief in the form of a petition for show cause, the father submitted himself to the authority of the court
  • noting that the mother \made no such choice\ to leave Africa, but was forced to Virginia because \[they had to go somewhere\
  • noting that the mother \made no such choice\ to leave Africa, but was forced to Virginia because \[t]hey had to go somewhere\
  • holding that the defendant-father had minimum contacts with the State of Virginia because his acts resulted in the children’s residence in Virginia and because the father moved for visitation and a petition for show cause, each an affirmative request for relief

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Judges: Fitzpatrick

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