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IN RE O'NEIL

Record No. 0563-93-2.

446 S.E.2d 475 (1994)

In Re Jessica Margaret O'NEIL (Dennis P. O'Neil and Mary S. O'Neil, Appellants, Real Parties-in-Interest).

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

July 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Crowder, Richmond (Montia O. Givens, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, on brief), for appellants.

Present: BENTON, KOONTZ and ELDER, JJ.

KOONTZ, Judge.

Dennis P. O'Neil and Mary S. O'Neil (the O'Neils) appeal an order of the Circuit Court of Powhatan County denying their petition to be named the legal guardians of Jessica Margaret O'Neil (Jessica), their maternal granddaughter. The issue presented is the standard by which the chancellor determines the merits of the petition. We hold that in considering such a petition, the chancellor is to be guided by a determination of a result that serves the best...

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