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JAMES v. JAMES

Record No. 821301.

334 S.E.2d 551 (1985)

Debra Stack JAMES v. Bervil Garth JAMES, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard I. Legum, Virginia Beach (Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellant.

Jon P. Eichler, Norfolk (Robinson, Eichler, Zaleski & Mason, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

POFF, Justice.

The principal issue framed on this appeal is whether the chancellor erred in awarding custody of the minor children of a divorced couple to the children's grandparents.

Bervil Garth James, Jr., and his wife, Debra Stack James, are the parents of two children, one born February 17, 1976, and the other November 9, 1977. In litigation initiated by Bervil in 1980, each party sought a divorce on grounds of desertion and adultery, and each asked for...

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