FLORENCE v. ROBERTS

Record No. 841167.

355 S.E.2d 316 (1987)

Sharon B. FLORENCE v. Douglas ROBERTS

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. McKenry (Paul D. Fraim, Mary G. Commander, Heilig, McKenry & Fraim, Virginia Beach, on briefs), for appellant.

Samuel W. Meekins, Jr. (Wolcott, Rivers, Wheary, Basnight & Kelly, P.C., Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

The sole question in this appeal is whether a petitioner in a support proceeding brought on behalf of an illegitimate child has a right of appeal to a circuit court from an adverse paternity determination made in a juvenile and domestic relations district court.

In January 1983 Sharon Florence, petitioner below, filed a petition on a preprinted form designated "PETITION FOR SUPPORT (Civil)" against Douglas Roberts, defendant below, in...

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