VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM v. SHELTON

Record No. 0434-22-2.

880 S.E.2d 820 (2022)

76 Va. App. 167

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM v. Joan B. SHELTON.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

December 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian J. Goodman , Legal Affairs & Compliance Coordinator, Virginia Retirement System ( Jason S. Miyares , Attorney General; Charles H. Slemp, III , Chief Deputy Attorney General; Steven G. Popps , Deputy Attorney General; Joshua N. Lief , Senior Assistant Attorney General/Section Chief; Elizabeth B. Myers , Assistant Attorney General, on briefs), for appellant.

Richard L. Locke , Richmond ( Shannon S. Otto ; Locke & Otto, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Chief Judge Decker, Judges AtLee and Malveaux


The Virginia Retirement System ("VRS") appeals an order of the City of Richmond Circuit Court ("circuit court") directing that VRS pay a survivor benefit to Joan B. Shelton ("Shelton") and ordering that VRS pay her $25,000 in attorney fees. On appeal, VRS argues that the circuit court erred in ordering VRS...

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