WINFIELD v. URQUHART

Record No. 2408-96-2.

492 S.E.2d 464 (1997)

25 Va. App. 688

Rodney R. WINFIELD v. Henry O. URQUHART and Barbara T. Urquhart.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

November 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Chappell, Dinwiddle, for appellant.

Lawrence D. Diehl, Hopewell, for appellees.

Robert Winfield and Lois Winfield; (Paul C. Bland, Petersburg; Beverly M. Murray, on brief), Amicus Curiae, for appellant.

Present: MOON, C.J., COLEMAN, J., and COLE, Senior Judge.


COLE, Senior Judge.

Appellant contends that the trial judge erred in finding that he withheld consent to adoption against the best interests of his minor children and erred in finding that adoption was in the best interests of the children. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial judge.

"The trial [judge]'s decision, when based upon an ore tenus hearing, is entitled to great weight and will not be disturbed on appeal unless plainly wrong or...

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