Leisge v. Leisge

How courts have described this case

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

• commenting that the circuit court “was attempting to fashion a remedy to comport with the exigencies of the [custody enforcement] case before it” and holding that the court did not “abuse its discretion”
• suggesting in dicta that criminal contempt for violating the terms of a court order requires specific intent
• upholding $25,000 attorney-fee award to the mother as a civil-contempt sanction for enforcing the custody order against the father
• discussing the distinction between civil and criminal contempt in the context of an appeal from J&DR court on the issue of child support payments
• upholding $25,000 attorney-fee award to the mother as a civil-contempt sanction for enforcing the custody order against the father
• upholding $25,000 attorney-fee award to the mother as a civil-contempt sanction for enforcing the custody order against the father

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Estate of Hackler v. Hackler
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-09-21· cited 128×
• Alexy J. Abdo, a/k/a Alexi J. Abdo v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-24· cited 91×
• Kaufman v. Kaufman
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-12-20· cited 65×
• Petrosinelli v. PETA
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-04-20· cited 64×
• Kogon v. Ulerick
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-06-04· cited 55×
• M.E.D. v. J.P.M.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-11-05· cited 43×
• Med v. Jpm
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-11-05· cited 40×
• Gilman v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-02-29· cited 37×
• Rainey v. City of Norfolk
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-08-04· cited 15×
• Morrissey v. Virginia State Bar Ex Rel. Third District Committee
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-11-03· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. McCall
  Amherst County Circuit Court· 1993-02-17· cited 1×
• Zaret v. Zaret
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2005-07-08
• Hartley v. Hartley
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2015-10-09
• Osman Osman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-02-14
• Paul A. Galiotos, Individually v. Tasos A. Galiotos, Individually
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-10-21

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,180×
• Robertson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-04-26· cited 121×
• Robertson v. Robertson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-01-20· cited 46×
• Greene v. Greene
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 36×
• Deeds v. Gilmer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1934-04-11· cited 34×
• United Steelworkers of America v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-11-21· cited 24×
• Leisge v. Leisge
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 1×

Other cases named Leisge v. Leisge

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Leisge v. Leisge
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 1×