COM., VA. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERV. v. WALKER

Record No. 961377.

485 S.E.2d 134 (1997)

253 Va. 319

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, ex rel. Janet MAY v. Raymond M. WALKER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith H. Warren, Richmond (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General; William H. Hurd, Deputy Atty. Gen.; Robert B. Cousins, Jr., Senior Asst. Atty. Gen.; Craig M. Burshem, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

Wilbert L. Sawyer, Jr., Richmond, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, HASSELL, and KEENAN, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether a circuit court had jurisdiction to entertain an appeal of a judgment of a juvenile and domestic relations district court when the appealing party failed to post an appeal bond.

In May 1986, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of Hanover County (the District Court) ordered Raymond M. Walker to pay Janet May $100 per week for the support of his two children. In March 1994, the Division...

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