SASSON v. SHENHAR

Record No. 072193.

667 S.E.2d 555 (2008)

Yuri Isidoro SASSON v. Dana SHENHAR.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence D. Diehl, Chesterfield (Richard E. Crouch, Arlington; Barnes & Diehl; Crouch & Crouch, on brief), for appellant.

Michael E. Kinney (Stephen M. Sayers; Hunton & Williams, on brief), McLean, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and MILLETTE, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.


OPINION BY Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

Adopting and applying the Fugitive Disentitlement Doctrine2 for the first time in Virginia, the Court of Appeals of Virginia dismissed two appeals filed by Yuri Isidoro Sasson Moscona challenging judgments of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County in an international child custody dispute and a contempt order arising from a petition for rule to show cause in that case. Moscona v.

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